Meaning of っていうことで


In an interview, a band member replied to a question about why they decided to
release 2 songs at the same time. So she said that it was their manager who
told them that the band was contacted to write 2 songs for two different TV
shows. So, the band was happy and then she said :

「でも、そのドラマはいつから始まる？」っていうことで（ABCテレビ制作「パーフェクトクライム」。

There is an english translation of the interview, and there is one part that
is confusing me.

> I was like, “Wow! So happy! ... But, wait, when does this drama start
> airing...? " ("Perfect Crime" produced by ABC TV begins airing from January)

っていうことで was translated as " _I was like_ ". I know there is a grammar point
"ということです" that means " _I’ve heard that…; rumor has it that…; it appears as
if; it means that_ " but it doesn't look like it's this usage. I found this
question [Meaning of
ということで?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/47731/meaning-
of-%e3%81%a8%e3%81%84%e3%81%86%e3%81%93%e3%81%a8%e3%81%a7) and again, I'm not
sure if it's the same usage or not.

Any help is much appreciated.




「Xということ」literally means "thing that says X", but that's really a metaphor for
how we say "thing that can be described as X" in English.

From this we can get various extended meanings, including:

  * A thing (こと) that can be described as X exists -> (This is known because) I've heard someone else describe an X こと -> Rumour has it that X.
  * A thing (こと) that can be described as X exists -> My reaction that can be described as X exists -> I was like X.

So both meanings are extensions from the same basic meaning. I guess you could
call them different usages though, because each meaning requires you to
view「Xということ」from a different perspective.




「Xということ」literally means "thing that says X", but that's really a metaphor for
how we say "thing that can be described as X" in English.

From this we can get various extended meanings, including:

  * A thing (こと) that can be described as X exists -> (This is known because) I've heard someone else describe an X こと -> Rumour has it that X.
  * A thing (こと) that can be described as X exists -> My reaction that can be described as X exists -> I was like X.

So both meanings are extensions from the same basic meaning. I guess you could
call them different usages though, because each meaning requires you to
view「Xということ」from a different perspective.

