Express positively -I am fine, I appreciate that, I am happy, I am satisfied, That is good, Thank you – these are some of the phrases used to express our positive feelings. But very often I hear people using terms like – Not bad, No problem, No worries, I am not complaining etc. to mean the same thing. Lately I have been finding these expressions unacceptable. In this case I feel two negatives do not bring out the positive meaning but only makes it 2 x Negative.
I have been conscious of this aspect in my communication and correct myself if I use a similar phrase to say something positive.
One Friday morning while walking into the Company I heard the song ‘Kurai ondrum illai’ (குறை ஒன்றும் இல்லை) by M.S.Subbalakshmi being played at our Assembly Point. It is one of my favourite songs - wonderful lyrics with a powerful tune. At one time I even tried to learn to sing this song. It says ‘I have no complaints when you are there to provide me with every thing I need’. But that day it struck me as not a good way to start the day - with a compound word with two negatives – kurai + illai.
'Mahanadhi' Shobana sang this song at the wedding I attended in Washington. Again I felt it is not the appropriate way to say Thank you God. I wanted to tell her, but refrained as I didn’t want to negate her beautiful rendering of that song.
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