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Offline Perpetual Change

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"That's neither here nor there."
« on: March 16, 2011, 08:46:10 PM »
I'm curious about this expression. Reason being, I've just started noticing people say it recently, especially here (then again, this place is my main contact with the English speaking world so...). Where is this from? Have people been saying this for a long time and I just never realized, or is this one of those phrases that's just starting to catch on recently?

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2011, 08:47:14 PM »
No, it has been around for quite a while. I say it every once in a while when the situation calls for it.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2011, 08:48:35 PM »
I think it's a stupid phrase, personally. 

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2011, 09:04:42 PM »
I think it's a stupid phrase, personally. 

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just like when people say "it is what it is."

yeah, pretty pointless.
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2011, 09:05:05 PM »
No, it has been around for quite a while. I say it every once in a while when the situation calls for it.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2011, 09:05:34 PM »
It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2011, 09:16:09 PM »
I think it's a stupid phrase, personally. 

+1

just like when people say "it is what it is."

yeah, pretty pointless.

No, "It is what it is" is the best phrase ever. Do you know how much trouble I've gotten out of by saying that?

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 09:25:04 PM »
"It is what it is" is really one of those things you can just kinda say to dodge actually saying anything about any topic that might be a little sensitive around family or friends ever. :)

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2011, 10:09:42 PM »
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2011, 10:21:53 PM »
Being a Philosophy major, I actually see a lot of validity and meaning in phrases like "It is what it is."

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2011, 10:29:47 PM »
"It is what it is."

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2011, 10:42:18 PM »
It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.

It is what it is.

^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.

As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."

^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there.  :lol
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2011, 11:05:22 PM »
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2011, 11:08:44 PM »
It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.

It is what it is.

^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.

As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."

^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there.  :lol

And I could care less.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2011, 11:10:44 PM »
It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.

It is what it is.

^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.

As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."

^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there.  :lol

And I could care less.
Now THAT'S a phrase I hate. >:( Makes 0 sense.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2011, 11:13:12 PM »
It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.

It is what it is.

^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.

As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."

^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there.  :lol

And I could care less.
Now THAT'S a phrase I hate. >:( Makes 0 sense.
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2011, 11:16:11 PM »
Revisiting my original question, I have to say: I could care less. It is what it is. I'm just saying, you know? I'm not saying that I don't care at all, but I'm just saying: it's neither here nor there-- It simply just is what it is. That's just the way things go. I'm still working out the kinks.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2011, 11:17:16 PM »
Revisiting my original question, I have to say: I could care less. It is what it is. I'm just saying, you know? I'm not saying that I don't care at all, but I'm just saying: it's neither here nor there-- It simply just is what it is. That's just the way things go. I'm still working out the kinks.
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2011, 11:27:23 PM »
I prefer "Six of one or half a dozen of the other".  Its a lot cooler.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2011, 11:29:11 PM »
^ I know, right?!

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2011, 11:29:55 PM »
^ Killer opinion

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2011, 11:52:24 PM »
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2011, 11:56:19 PM »
It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.

It is what it is.

^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.

As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."

^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there.  :lol

And I could care less.
Now THAT'S a phrase I hate. >:( Makes 0 sense.

It's the result of people somehow mishearing "I couldn't care less".

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #23 on: March 17, 2011, 02:08:33 AM »
I hate when people say "must of", "should of", "could of".

I genuinely could care less about this.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2011, 04:51:24 AM »
I hate when people say "must of", "should of", "could of".
I hate it when they spell it like that, because that makes no sense.  But the actual words are "must've" "should've" and "could've" and they are contractions with the word "have".  Nothing wrong with that.
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #25 on: March 17, 2011, 06:57:59 AM »
Win is here and there.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2011, 07:00:54 AM »
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2011, 08:07:05 AM »
Good thread.

Yeah, it's devolved into a spam fest. I guess this thread can be locked now that I have my answer.

And, just to be on the safe side, a spam fest wasn't my intention; my intentions were actually pretty good and pretty clear-cut.

But that's neither here nor there.

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« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2011, 03:34:52 PM »
The phrase is certainly catching.  ;)
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2011, 04:13:13 PM »
Yeah, I remember that phrase well over 10 years ago.

"That being said" is more recent.
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2011, 07:42:22 PM »
irregardless
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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #32 on: March 17, 2011, 08:01:08 PM »
I rarely hear "That's neither here nor there," and it sounds pretty silly anyways.  "It is what it is," on the other hand, is pretty much a cooler way of saying "suck it up."  I use it quite a bit.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #33 on: March 17, 2011, 08:07:27 PM »
In my opinion it means not one of two extremes, but rather something that has started but has not yet reached its destination. It can apply to something physical or metaphorical:

"My drawing skills are neither here nor there" (not good but not bad) or "I'm neither here nor there in Rome" can be a location between the destination and the starting point.

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Re: "That's neither here nor there."
« Reply #34 on: March 17, 2011, 08:48:01 PM »
I think it's a stupid phrase, personally. 

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