Can you say, where there is gossip there is some truth?
2007-03-23 15:44:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
no, you can't say where there is gossip there must be some truth. i can start gossiping about my friend based upon a lie or a misjudgement. eg, i saw my female friend give a girl a kiss on the cheek, i go tell mr.loudmouth that i just saw my friend kissing a girl. mr. loudmouth goes and tells ms. ibelieveu that he heard my friend was a lesbian.
gossip just turned into an absolute lie!
2007-03-23 15:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by puzzlite 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would say, in general, yes, but not always.
A little truth or something that sounds like the truth will make the gossip believable, and then it spreads.
A friend and I started some very simple gossip (about ourselves) at work once, and watched as the story grew and distorted, and took on a life of its own, to the point where it was unrecognizable. Very interesting little game. People like to hear tidbits about others, and some gossip is quite malicious.
2007-03-23 22:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by Nanneke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stuff like that can't come from completely nowhere and yet you can't believe what you hear exactly... Sometimes with gossip it just turns out to be a lot of strange things slowly put together and then exaggerated on, I wouldn't believe much in the gossip you hear... if its important, go to the source or subject and ask for the truth
2007-03-23 22:49:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i don't know what "where there is smoke there is fire" really means,but i believe that some people are jealous and are just mean people. And they make up lies to hurt others!!! but in other instances gossip is the truth because gossip is the truth exaggerated!!! plus some white lies...
2007-03-23 23:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by cora 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the source of gossip
2007-03-23 22:47:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I would have to assume that any source of smoke has to be a product of a combustion reaction, that is, one leading to water vapor and carbon dioxide. These reactions tend to be very exothermic and give off a great deal of light in the form of fire. So it must be a true saying.
2007-03-23 22:50:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! The story is always changed by each person who hears it. No one can rember exactly what was told to them, so therefore each time it's repeated the story changes. The object of the story may be the same, but the rest has been twisted out of proportion.
2007-03-23 22:49:49 · answer #7 · answered by JR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It translates better into- Where there is gossip about someone, they are most likely a gossip themselves.
2007-03-23 22:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by malthisar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well i have seen smoke without actual fire - and i have seen gossip without any actual truth
example i could start a rumor right now that you look like your pet poodle - but i dont know if that is true because i dont know you and i dont know if you own a poodle - so that would be gossip - and obviously it cannot be true because i dont know you
2007-03-23 22:48:41 · answer #9 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sometimes.
often the gossip has impure motivations
sometimes ppl are just guessing
they see two ppl shopping one day and conclude they are sleeping together.
2007-03-23 22:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by rostov 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋