Non Sequitur (logic) - Non Sequitur in Everyday Speech

Non Sequitur in Everyday Speech

See also: Derailment (thought disorder)

In everyday speech, a non sequitur is a statement in which the final part is totally unrelated to the first part, for example:

Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die. —West with the Night, Beryl Markham

It can also refer to a response that is totally unrelated to the original statement or question:

Mary: I wonder how Mrs. Knowles next door is doing.
Jim: Did you hear that the convenience store two blocks over got robbed last night? Thieves got away with a small fortune.

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