[Sca-cooks] 'Nobody said you were' was Re: Chili's Southwestern eggrolls - Oop

[Tom Vincent]

I was providing an example of contrast, not a rebuttal, but it brings up 
a question:  I've seen several people respond to several other people's 
statements with this 'Nobody said you were' or to a question with 'Who 
said you did?' as if either moved the discussion forward or imparted any 
information.

I suppose if the question was some sort of trick question like 'do you 
still beat your wife?' that would be one thing, but a question like 'do 
you believe that x?' doesn't seem to call for a 'who said I did?' kind 
of response...just a "no and here's why", a "yes and here's why" or some 
request of definition or context.

Is this some sort of regional or cultural thing?  Like 'howyadoin' in 
New Jersey or 'yo dude' in California?  Some sort of filler statement 
that just challenges the other person without adding anything to the 
exchange or answering the question or even asking the other person the 
context of their statement or question?

Not picking on Adele in particular, just wondering what this 
conversational style comes from.  Is it meant to just be conversational 
filler, like 'whatever' or something like that?

Duriel

Adele de Maisieres wrote:
> Tom Vincent wrote:
>   
>> Well, a heart attack isn't appealing either, so I guess it depends on 
>> one's priorities.  I was just providing an alternative, not a mandate.
>>     
> Nobody said you were.
>
>   

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