The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #167281   Message #4035586
Posted By: Ebbie
23-Feb-20 - 03:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Things only YOU notice
Subject: RE: BS: Things only YOU notice
A person (I) has no way of knowing how many other people are also aware of errors and anomalies of speech and who may be just too polite to indicate awareness but being me, I have to interject a 'huh'? or a rude noise while everyone else, it seems, is oblivious.

Things like the song "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" where he sings of "literally dancing on air"- What? Is he being hanged? Or at a staff meeting when my boss said, Well, we've suffered a lot of bumps and grinds this year. And she also said, Well, I was kind of hoping one of you would take that ball and roll with it.

Each time, of course, I choked out a HUH? It must be politeness that keeps other people silent because no one ever mentioned it to me. I suspect I have a bad reputation in more places than I'm aware of.