There are a few things that are like fingernails on a blackboard to me. One of them is when speakers or writers profess the truth in their statements. <\/p>\n
Honestly, (pun intended) when someone prefaces a statement by saying, \u201cI have to be honest here,\u201d \u201cTo tell you the truth,\u201d \u201cTruthfully,\u201d \u201cIn all honesty,\u201d \u201cTo be completely honest,\u201d and so forth, I have to wonder if everything they said before that was a lie. <\/p>\n
Why do people point out that they\u2019re being truthful only now and then during a talk or in their written work? What are they thinking? What message are they trying to leave with their audience? \u201cHey, I\u2019m a blatant liar except that now I\u2019m going to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
I guess people who do this are trying to make a point of honesty with regard to something that one could easily lie about. Maybe it is a sticky topic and they preface a comment about it by letting their audience know they are being painfully honest at some cost. But I would advise those folks to be careful with those \u201chonesty,\u201d prefaces because I\u2019m sure there are others besides myself who hear those statements and wonder, \u201cOkay, what has this guy\/gal been lying about?\u201d<\/p>\n
Does this bug you? It probably will now that I have pointed it out. <\/p>\n
I listen to radio when I run errands or make the drive to visit my mother, etc. And I\u2019m sometimes surprised to hear a radio personality who continually intersperses such filler words as, \u201cYou know,\u201d throughout their commentary and conversations with guests. Sometimes I lose track of what the discussion is about because I am so busy counting instances of \u201cyou know.\u201d<\/p>\n
What common phrases, speaking patterns\/habits and innuendoes irritate you? What are you working to correct in your own speech? What about clich\u00e9s? I happen to love using clich\u00e9s. They are sort of like a comfort food to me. I can find them easily and, unlike a fresh phrase that I might have to think about for a while, they roll off my tongue. I use clich\u00e9s in writing, too. Only, when the writing is done, I go back and remove or exchange most of them. And I always edit them out of my clients\u2019 manuscripts, except those included for some real purpose or when it is the way one of the characters speaks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are a few things that are like fingernails on a blackboard to me. One of them is when speakers or writers profess the truth in their statements. Honestly, (pun intended) when someone prefaces a statement by saying, \u201cI have to be honest here,\u201d \u201cTo tell you the truth,\u201d \u201cTruthfully,\u201d \u201cIn all honesty,\u201d \u201cTo be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t