The last of a three-part series.

How many times have you heard someone say, “It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it?”
This is true, you have to be careful with your tone or you can wind up sounding sarcastic.

This is my brother, Rich, along with his daughter.  He often gets himself in trouble for the way he says things. He lived with my sister for a short time during his college years. One morning he came downstairs when my sister was having her coffee, wearing a cozy new bathrobe. Rich looks at her and says in a sarcastic tone,  “Nice robe, Pat”.
“What? You don’t like it?”
“What do you mean, I said it was nice.”

One evening, she made a particularly delicious chicken dinner. Rich said to her, “This chicken is really good.”
“Thanks, do you want some more?”
“I didn’t say I liked it THAT much.”

We call these things Richisms. Continue reading Words That Haunt, Part Three →