bla di bla

[GUEST2008]

Hi

What does this phrase mean? I tried to look it up in a dictionary but couldn't find anything.

This is not the usual bla-di-bla. Please read these – we’ve kept them as short and accessible as possible. If a certain ..........

[Barb_D]

I've never seen "blah-di-bla" but I have seen "blah blah blah."

It means that this will be more interesting, more on-topic, more appropriate than the usual stuff, assuming the usual stuff is boring or full of jargon.

[GUEST2008]

Hi

If bla di bla means the same as blah blah blah, then I know what it means :)

[buggles]

Bla di bla is reasonably common usage and means the hum-drum everyday stuff that everyone is familiar with.

"No more bla di bla, let's get right to the point."

[BobK]

Originally Posted by buggles

Bla di bla is reasonably common usage and means the hum-drum everyday stuff that everyone is familiar with.

"No more bla di bla, let's get right to the point."

Maybe it's Br English. Perhaps I'm being fanciful (I have a heated imagination in some cases ) but I suspect the influence of the rhyming 'Mardi Gras' - showy and synthetic and noisy and superficial... [But maybe not, as that festival and the associated procession is typical of New Orleans, which doesn't suggest a British derivation].

b