Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Interjection one." You don't
say. " Okay. This is first time i'm doing this one. I've probably done a couple of other
interjections in the past and I probably would have
listed them under idioms because technically
a lot of these different types of phrases are idioms at the same time. But
i think it deserves its own category. So today we're going to start with the
first one. Okay. Let's, let's look at the note here. If
someone says "you don't say " and actually... we can
actually use it several different ways. So we're going to cover at least three
different ways. And you know, three different meanings
that it has when people say. Because if you hear someone say it,
you may not really be sure. Well what do they mean when they're saying it now ?
So let's continue here. It can express genuine surprise. Like really ?
Is that true ? At the same time it could just be a general response
that doesn't express interest or surprise.
Maybe even a little bit of boredom. So let's look at the first one here. Of
course , these all have a/ b (parts ) So here's the first one. I' m going to get
married next month. and he says you don't say.
Congratulations ! Who is the lucky girl ? So of course this
one is genuine surprise. All right. Let's look at
the next one here. Number two. The president is going on an overseas
trip next week and you know, B probably responds kind of
in a boring way like you don't say, like like who cares ? Why did
you tell me that ? Did you really think I was interested?
I could care less. So this is another way that sometimes
we use it. Let's continue. You don't say, can also be used in a
sarcastic way to respond to something that one
considers very obvious or self-evident.
So it's kind of sarcastic because you know, it's the opposite of like surprise.
In this way you're not surprised at all. So
here's the first one. Again we do a/b part.
There are going to be large crowds of people
for the countdown at Times Square on New Year's Eve.
And of course B says. You don't say. Like are you telling me something new ? That
happens every year. There's always large crowds of people down
at Times Square for the countdown. So do you think that's, that's something I
didn't know. All right. So and here number two says.
There will be many children knocking on doors and saying
trick-or-treat on Halloween. And again he would probably respond be
you don't say. Like yeah I know. That happens every
year. Why are you telling me ? It's ... who cares?
All right. But anyway, so let's continue here with the note.
Some say this expression was a shortening
of the phrase you don't say so. So that might have been before time.
Many others say this expression was popularized you know, made
even more popular by the old Benny Hill show or TV show. Yeah. It was famous in Great
Britain for about 30 years. It eventually made its way to the US
and then it was rerun on the US for many years too.
So that's why most Americans at one time they used to remember. British shows
that Benny Hill. They remember that because it was it
eventually... it took a while before it got to the US. I think it was like 10 or 15
years later. But you know, most Americans got to
know Benny Hill too. But let's get back to this. The Benny Hill TV
show. There was one particular skit
you know, that he did a lot of different skits. You know like
like two or three minutes of one particular act. And it was over and then
there was a joke behind it. And you know people would laugh at it.
So he did one particular skit where Benny Hill
was talking on the phone and he says, you don't say three times. So he's
talking on the phone he's talking to someone.
You don't say. You don't say. You don't say. And then of course when
he gets off the phone uh you know, the of course the female
character who is playing his wife in this skit she says, who was that ? And
Benny Hill says he didn't say. This was supposed to be a
joke. It's a little bit of a corny joke, but the point is that it did make
this phrase more popular as well. It helped to popularize it even more.
Even though it was around before that time too. But we sometimes say you don't
say. So again, we got about three different uses, three
different meanings. Okay. I hope you found it interesting. I hope
you found it informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.