Don’t Speak Old School English! 10 Better English Phrases To Replace ‘What’ & ‘Pardon Me’ | Hridhaan

There are a lot of situations in life we do not understand what the other person said.

So you want the other person to repeat the information.

By the virtue of human tendency.

People tend to use just one word that comes to their mind very casually and

that is what?? ladies and gentlemen, this is what today's session is

about.

This very word.

What No matter how the intonation in which you say it is very rude.

In today's session we will understand how to ask people to repeat in english

politely.

The first one in the list is Wazzat was that is all

about.

What is that?

It is a contracted form of what is that?

Which implies the other person to repeat the information.

It's not blunt what it is.

Was that if you say this one with a smile I think that would add ultra

charm to the way you say it.

For example person A. says - I think we need to talk but

be did not understand because there was a lot of music in the background so he says I'm sorry Wazzat.

that the music is quite loud.

Next one is ~ Wazzat I'm driving and there's a lot of noise pollution.

That means possibly the person is in the middle of the road and a lot of people are honking a

lot of noise pollution can understand.

So the person says sorry Wazzat, could you repeat?

This was the first expression to ask the other person to repeat politely.

Let us look at the next one in the list.

The next one is make neither head nor tail.

I did not understand.

Could you repeat you are not saying could you repeat as such?

But you're implying it with the use of this expression for example,

I'm sorry there was a loud announcement.

I could neither make head nor tail for what you just said.

That means possibly I'm at the airport and I couldn't understand what you said.

Can you repeat once again?

There was an announcement in the background so I could make neither head nor tail.

I could not understand Next one.

Hey, the mic was off could make neither head nor tail to what you just said.

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