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What you said to your boss is actually a common expression in my country. To say "I hope so" about some event in the future, we say "If we live".
by slim 5y ago
What you said to your boss is actually a common expression in my country. To say "I hope so" about some event in the future, we say "If we live".
- amelius 5y agoWhich country?
- slim 5y agoTunisia, North Africa
- marton78 5y agoI have always found the humility of Muslims saying "In sha'Allah" admirable. It's a beautiful way to remind ourselves that our fate -- and our life -- is not entirely in our hands.
- tcard 5y agoThis was also commonplace in Spain, traditionally. Some people, especially old ones, will say "si Dios quiere" literally every time they refer to any event in the future, even if it's just "see you tomorrow". Not doing so would be considered a "challenge" to God, or Fate, more generally. Curiously, from "inshallah" Spanish got the word "ojalá", a very common term for expressing hope of something happening (and with no religious or any other "deep" connotation anymore; just like you'd use "I hope").
- scotty79 5y agoIn Poland we have a saying "jeżeli Bóg pozwoli". "If god allows" which funyly shows that deep down people "understand" (as their pre-monotheistic ancestors "understood") that the God is the malevolent being that messes up your plans and ultimately kills you.
- KineticLensman 5y agoIn parts of the UK the equivalent is 'if we're spared'. Some people may decide this means that the person saying it is probably a miserable old codger, the sort of person who says "mustn't grumble" when asked "How's things?"
- sudobash1 5y agoIn America I sometimes hear a similar saying of "Lord willing" which is a shortening of a verse from James: "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."
- bradknowles 5y agoMy mom used to sometimes say “Lord willing, and the creek don’t rise”.