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The meaning (in short)
“Having said that” is a transitional phrase that has become more and more common in spoken language. When people say, “Having said that” it is a signal that they are going to say something which will contrast or disagree with what they said a moment ago.
https://learnersdictionary.com/qa/Having-said-that-or-That-said
The full transcript of the podcast:
Now, having said that, I would tell you as well that in education and in healthcare in particular, the two words that you’re going to hear for the next decade are going to be transparency and efficacy
Having said that, we must recognize that these detention policies cannot be unbounded.
Obama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1749&v=ic6Sh3zjUF0&feature=emb_logo
On episode 21 (22) we want to cover the expression “having said that”. Having said that is a transitional phrase that has become more and more common in spoken language. When people say, “having said that”, it is a signal that they are going to say something which will contrast or disagree with what they said a moment ago. And to be honest with you. I came to learn about this expression just today when I was listening to a podcast called Inglespodcast. And before that I always misinterpreted this expression. So it’s about time to discuss this expression and learn it for good. So the Inglespodcast puts it this way have a listen:
So it’s when you want to give a different opinion about something. An example would be he forgets most things. This is probably me. Craig forgets most things, but having said that, he always remembers my birthday. So what that really means is, despite what has just been said, despite what has just been said. And when you want to give a contrasting opinion, so you give one opinion, but then you want to contrast it with another comment. Even though you think both things are true, you could say, for example, Apple products are expensive. Having said that, I must admit they’re very well made, so many people use that expression. Having said that, some people don’t. Some people say “That being said“, it’s not so common, but it means the same thing. Here’s an example, but Peter was reading, listening, and writing are all very good. That being said, his speaking needs to be improved. I could replace it with, having said that, his speaking needs to be improved. So that being said is a variation of having said that,
Inglespodcast
Some synonymes
What would be some synonyms we could use? Well. It’s that simple, for example there is: However, though, after saying that, nonetheless, nevertheless.
…hearing about the importance of local connection, uh, and instead of just sort of the network participation serving that community, any thoughts about that? I think where we’re headed is to become more national. Now, having said that, what I really mean is local. That sounds like a paradox, but by, by saying more national, I think NPR has realized that it is more important now, maybe more than ever before for them to reach out beyond the beltway, beyond the traditional coastal media centers and reach out to different parts of the country.
Current Conversations, Dick Pryor, Episode #218 (at 19.55 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1197&v=ugmEXTZbEY0&feature=emb_logo
As always, you can read along while you are listening to this podcast. That way you can improve your English even better. My name is Daniel Goodson and this is the fluent vocabulary podcast. Bye.
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