Becoming The Muse

Of There there

“Let’s create a phrase that will be used to console people”
-here, here?
“That makes no sense!”
-there, there?
“Omg that’s perfect”

Imagining how they came up with “There there” as a phrase to console.

consoling, empathy, hug, there there

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Bookstooge

4 Jun 2022

Don’t you just love etymology? The more you learn, the more you realize just how plain weird language actually is 😀

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Brenda Nakandi

4 Jun 2022

There there hahahaha I thought this only worked in Uganda. Brings me to one of the most common Italian phrases that don’t make literal sense to me: “così così” which literally translates to “so so”,andddddd just like “there there”, it is used to mean “not good not bad”.

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Diana

5 Jun 2022

There, there! 🤗 Love it! 🤩💖

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Sam “Goldie” Kirk

6 Jun 2022

Heheheh, this phrase always baffled me.

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Shuvai Mlilo

6 Jun 2022

It does not need to make sense, it just needs to sound and feel right

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