The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #96350   Message #1886122
Posted By: autolycus
15-Nov-06 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Irritating sayings
Subject: RE: BS: Irritating sayings
i'd like to say a few words in praise of "and you point is?"

   There are people who don't or won't come out with what they are saying, talking in hints and implications instead. An alternative strategy is just to state a fact. The listener is supposed (I suppose) to know what they mean. And, of course, if the listener has an outloud go at guessing the meaning, the original speaker is quite likely to say,"No,I didn't mean that." Well tell me what you DO mean then. (Only if you feel like it.)

   I like to know what the speaker means rather than what I can second-guess them to mean. Aids genuine communication.

   Sometimes the speaker does merely make an observation because something has made them angry, only they don't own their anger.



   (Thyaaaaaaat's better.)




    Ivor