A little quote…

“We may hate it but ‘Yeah, right!’ is one of the pithiest phrases in the English language.  It manages to say everything in 2 words that “Excuse me, but I find what you are saying to be dubious in the extreme and what is more, I know that you know it too” manages in 26.”

Unfortunately, I wasn’t paying full attention to countdown today, so that isn’t the exact quote and I didn’t hear who said it at all. All the same, I like it :)

About Nell

I am a researcher in bionanotechnology currently living and working in Tokyo. I moved out here nearly three years ago, against my better judgement but in search of adventure. It has certainly been an adventure and not one I would have missed for the world. I am trying to retrain as a designer and you may see the odd example of my work appear here as I progress. I also indulge in opinionated rambling.
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3 Responses to A little quote…

  1. gribbling says:

    I heard a story (doubtless apocryphal) where a linguist was addressing an audience, and he said “It is interesting to note that though you can use two negatives in English to mean a positive, there is no way to make two positives mean a negative.”
    And someone in the audience replied “Yeah, right!”

  2. Babs G says:

    But…more pertinently…Countdown ?!?!?

  3. Wigarse says:

    I did say I was fed up with being off sick! I’m not any more, by the way. Back to work now. Definitely. Can I be off sick again please?

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