let’s be clear
I’m so tired of hearing people say: “Let’s be clear.”
I hear it everywhere - on NPR radio interviews, on news broadcasts, even on interviews with the president of the United States.
It’s annoying and people should stop saying it. Now!
Why would I want to hear from someone if what they were saying wasn’t going to be clear?
I credit the popularity of the annoying phrase to Pres. Obama.
I’m convinced the phrase, “let’s be clear,” is used only as a filler while one things of what to say next, or another way to say what was just said.
Perhaps I’m alone in this peeve, and if so, so be it. But it has annoyed me now frequently enough to motivate me to share this post on my blog.
How about you? Have you heard “let’s be clear” in recent conversation? Does it annoy you, or do you find value in the short, filler phrase?
1 year ago
