If we are watching TV together, and I say, “Oh, she’s somebody,” when a character actor (“Never say actress; most female actors call themselves actors” –Grace) I recognize but can’t immediately place appears onscreen, just like my mother and her mother before me, the following responses are acceptable:
It is an invocation, which is why I never preface it with anything, like saying “Thanks be to God” and expecting to hear “It is right and just to give God thanks and praise” rather than “Wait, what do you mean?” or “Thanks for what?”>>
I almost laughed out loud in the office when I read this.
It is an invocation, which is why I never preface it with anything, like saying “Thanks be to God” and expecting to hear “It is right and just to give God thanks and praise” rather than “Wait, what do you mean?” or “Thanks for what?”>>
I almost laughed out loud in the office when I read this.