Comments on: Listening to what we say http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/ A Church of Ireland Rector in rural Leinster Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3131 Ian Poulton Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:28:38 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3131 It's like the French 'ca va?' to which the reply is often 'ca va'. It doesn't communicate much! It’s like the French ‘ca va?’ to which the reply is often ‘ca va’. It doesn’t communicate much!

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3130 Ian Poulton Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:27:23 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3130 The dodgy Mr Dodgson? I don't think the nuances would have been appreciated in our primary school - plain speaking was what counted. The dodgy Mr Dodgson?

I don’t think the nuances would have been appreciated in our primary school – plain speaking was what counted.

]]> By: Les Plant http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3125 Les Plant Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:14:13 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3125 Down here in Devon we say "right" and the answer is "ah" !!!! Down here in Devon we say “right” and the answer is “ah” !!!!

]]> By: bette http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 bette Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:14:32 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3124 In Worcester people say "Alright" as a form of greeting, it took me years to realise that one was meant to respond with "Alright" not, "I'm fine thank you, how are you?" In Worcester people say “Alright” as a form of greeting, it took me years to realise that one was meant to respond with “Alright” not, “I’m fine thank you, how are you?”

]]> By: bette http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 bette Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:11:09 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3123 Isn't the 'say what you mean and mean what you say' Lewis Carrol? If I am right then it is more likely to be playing with language than a direction. Isn’t the ‘say what you mean and mean what you say’ Lewis Carrol? If I am right then it is more likely to be playing with language than a direction.

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3129 Ian Poulton Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:45:46 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3129 Doesn't it depend how close you are to someone? Doesn’t it depend how close you are to someone?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Grannymar Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:43:35 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3122 My answer to "How are you?" is Alive! Then I quickly move on to another subject, after all nobody wants to hear about aches and pains. My answer to “How are you?” is Alive! Then I quickly move on to another subject, after all nobody wants to hear about aches and pains.

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3128 Ian Poulton Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:40:41 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3128 But you are always wonderfully polite and smiling! But you are always wonderfully polite and smiling!

]]> By: Alice http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 Alice Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:37:46 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3121 I have a dreadful habit of actually telling people how I am when they ask - and then realising afterwards that I never managed to ask how *they* were. And, the thing is, I would like to know. I have a dreadful habit of actually telling people how I am when they ask – and then realising afterwards that I never managed to ask how *they* were. And, the thing is, I would like to know.

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/02/07/listening-to-what-we-say/comment-page-1/#comment-3127 Ian Poulton Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:50:41 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4328#comment-3127 Have emails and texting so abbreviated our communications that even normal interactions have become truncated? Have emails and texting so abbreviated our communications that even normal interactions have become truncated?

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