Why are you asking me if you know what you know?
I hope you know what you know and don’t need to ask me if you do.
It’s just an expression of course but as an expression it expresses the lack of logic behind stringing these words together.
I’ve always interpreted it as “I know what you mean, and we are in agreement, right?”
I say it often, and Ive never associated the “right?” with “do I know this?”
Just to make sure I’m understanding you correctly, you’re talking about an exchange like this?
Person 1: It sure is hot today.
Person 2: I know, right?Thinking about some other conversational ways to respond, I think saying, “It sure is, isn’t it?” or, “Don’t I know it!” feel pretty similar. I wonder what it is that makes us ask rhetorical questions like that.
Seems to be English-specific. German, for example, doesn’t do that.
“What’s up?” It’s the direction in space opposite to the local gravitational field, why are you asking me?
