"She turned round and said"

[NiceCupOfTea]

Does anybody else find this confusing at all? People have entire conversations where apparently they are turning around every few seconds. If there are 3 or 4 people involved it must be really difficult knowing who's talking to who what with all the turning round.

[johnnywgk]

I hate that

[Justayellowbadge]

Almost as confusing as someone who "went and said".

How could they, if they were no longer present?

[SimonV8ster]

Unless they start off with their backs to each other ? Then it would work - for a while.

[dwilkie]

You know I'd never thought about that before, and now I have it's going to annoy me everytime I hear it!

[Los Palmas 7]

"Shut up and tell me"

[LeoZwalf]

Bloke I used to work with used that phrase loads. I always wondered why the person he was talking about wasn't facing him in the first place. Or turned round when they said the next bit.

You'd think they'd get dizzy really.

[ewenm]

"and she was, like, ..."
"so I was, like, ..."

[jesta1865]

hmm, this is both me and me dad

people veritably spin their way through conversations when we recite them.

i have lots of ends of the day as well, sorry!!!

[sleep envy]

Justayellowbadge said:

Almost as confusing as someone who "went and said".

How could they, if they were no longer present?

you mean like when you, Rupert, Harry and I just went?

[Justayellowbadge]

Nice one, Envers.

[The Walrus]

SimonV8ster said:

Unless they start off with their backs to each other ? Then it would work - for a while.

If they kept alternating the person at the rear you could keep it going ?

[escargot]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Does anybody else find this confusing at all?

No, fortunately I never get confused by a simple turn of phrase. What else confuses you? Shoelaces? Breathing?

[Dracoro]

Literally - still amazes me how many stupid people out there who don't know the meaning of the word, even if they think they do.

I remember someone saying, "the view was amazing, my eyes literally hit the floor".

[FTJoe]

Dracoro said:

Literally - still amazes me how many stupid people out there who don't know the meaning of the word, even if they think they do.

I remember someone saying, "the view was amazing, my eyes literally hit the floor".

Ha, that's so true. I've heard people use that in the wrong context so many times it literally blows my mind.

[miniman]

According to my father-in-law, during the 1960s he and every other person in East London were spinning around like fking tops

[ApexJimi]

Scots slang.....

"cummoan, git aff tha' bus!"


(come on, get off the bus)

[NiceCupOfTea]

escargot said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

Does anybody else find this confusing at all?

No, fortunately I never get confused by a simple turn of phrase. What else confuses you? Shoelaces? Breathing?

Your aggressive response seemingly out of the blue confuses me. Have I wronged you?

Perhaps I should elaborate - it confuses me that people use such a strange turn of phrase. Most make some sort of sense (at the end of the day == ultimately), but since people generally don't rotate when having everyday conversations I find it odd. Does that make more sense? Most other people seem to have comprehended what I meant!

[Arese]

There's a few people I work with who answers questions with "Yeah, no, ...."

[308mate]

sleep envy said:

Justayellowbadge said:

Almost as confusing as someone who "went and said".

How could they, if they were no longer present?

you mean like when you, Rupert, Harry and I just went?

That was it. Shortly before we were all in fits but not long after we simply fell about.