the English attitude to give answers or ask questions that aren't meant......i.e.
hei John, how is your new car (even after 3 years after he bought a car)
hey baby, how are you, how is ...? (and you go away without waiiting for the answer)
???
2006-12-19 01:50:43 · 16 answers · asked by ciao 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
could it be platitudes? can you describe this word?
2006-12-19 20:32:50 · update #1
Idle chatter? Small talk? Speaking by rote?
I think you mean when someone asks you a question, but they really aren't interested in the answer you giving them, they are just "making conversation". My auntie used always to refer to this as "waste talk".
Can't see how it's a "rhetorical question" as that means a question to which the asker already knows the answer.
"Concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"
2006-12-19 01:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pregnant pause, but in this case a very long pregnant pause.
2006-12-19 02:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sarcasm? i think you mean sarcasm. Like i go to a fat person and say "Hey slim, how's it goin?"
2006-12-19 01:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inconsiderate, uncompassionate and selfish ?
2006-12-19 07:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Pamela♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rhetorical question
- a question that isn't really a question / you already know the answer.
2006-12-19 01:54:54 · answer #5 · answered by interestiblez 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
an rhetorical question
2006-12-19 01:58:15 · answer #6 · answered by jojo78 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
rhetorical question
2006-12-19 04:47:01 · answer #7 · answered by newmomma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean rhetorical?
2006-12-19 01:55:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Chit chat....
2006-12-19 01:59:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean:
Banter?
Pleasantries?
2006-12-19 02:16:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋