妙みょうな話はなしだが

expression

curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell

Fixed phrase used to introduce a surprising or unexpected fact, similar to 'strangely enough' or 'oddly enough' in English. Often appears at the beginning of a sentence.

• 妙みょうな話はなしだが、彼かれは一いち度ども海かい外がいに行いったことがない。

  Curiously enough, he has never been abroad.

• 妙みょうな話はなしだが、昨日きのうのことは何なにも覚おぼえていない。

  Oddly enough, I don't remember anything about yesterday.