What is it with the use of the word "So" or the over use? It is getting almost as bad as "like" randomly inserted into a conversation.
If you watch an interview on TV, BBC breakfast for example. The person answering the question will often start their answer with "So"
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Cyril Haearn
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*well* is even worse
Many people on the radio, including *professional* presenters need basic training, they talk too fast, uncleared, lazily
Mind, I do admire those who read a text correctly
Many people on the radio, including *professional* presenters need basic training, they talk too fast, uncleared, lazily
Mind, I do admire those who read a text correctly
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"Absolutely", watching documentaries, the stock reply to a question by an interviewer where the answer is a forgone conclusion. " is the sun going to come up in the morning?" "Oh absolutely" "Will it go dark tonight?" "Oh absolutely"
"I do feel better after getting that off my chest" "Do you?" "Absolutely" ARRGGHHHH
"I do feel better after getting that off my chest" "Do you?" "Absolutely" ARRGGHHHH
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So - move this to the "English Language - what does your head in?" thread? 
Seriously - I've no problem with genuine trends in the evolution of language: things would sound very odd if we all spoke Shakespeare's English, let alone Chaucer's! If a phrase or expression has acquired common colloquial usage, so be it!
What piques me is careless or deliberately sloppy grammar, spelling or punctuation, particularly on social media, based on the premiss that "it doesn't matter, people will still understand". Excuse me, but it does matter! Where a post is so badly written that it is all but incomprehensible, all the more likely that it will be misinterpreted. And we know where that leads to!
Seriously - I've no problem with genuine trends in the evolution of language: things would sound very odd if we all spoke Shakespeare's English, let alone Chaucer's! If a phrase or expression has acquired common colloquial usage, so be it!
What piques me is careless or deliberately sloppy grammar, spelling or punctuation, particularly on social media, based on the premiss that "it doesn't matter, people will still understand". Excuse me, but it does matter! Where a post is so badly written that it is all but incomprehensible, all the more likely that it will be misinterpreted. And we know where that leads to!
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The nonsensical use of 'so' and 'well' irritate me as well.
Even more annoying than that is the habit, which has reached epidemic proportions, of prefacing every opinion with 'Look' or 'Listen'. The rather dim witted former professional footballer pundits started this trend. They quickly all followed like sheep and now the majority of politicians and celebrities also repeat the dreadful habit. Another immensely irritating trend is the use of 'You know what' at the start of a sentence or mid sentence. As if the perpetrator thinks that by simply saying 'you know what' it gives their opinion or view some sort of profound authority.
Even more annoying than that is the habit, which has reached epidemic proportions, of prefacing every opinion with 'Look' or 'Listen'. The rather dim witted former professional footballer pundits started this trend. They quickly all followed like sheep and now the majority of politicians and celebrities also repeat the dreadful habit. Another immensely irritating trend is the use of 'You know what' at the start of a sentence or mid sentence. As if the perpetrator thinks that by simply saying 'you know what' it gives their opinion or view some sort of profound authority.
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Have you noticed the increase in the use of the word "forever" in situations where it is ludicrously inappropriate? TV presenters talk about something changing someone's life "forever", as if that person has discovered the key to immortality. Adverts tell me that I will have cheaper heating bills "forever", which seems unlikely as (a) I am not going to live forever and (b) even if I did live forever the sun is due to cease working in the same way a few billion years from now and it is unlikely that the energy company concerned will survive that event.
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Worse than that: the pundit is denying the existence of dark matter/dark energy, and hence postulating that the Universe will go on expanding ....
..... well: forever....
See also here: quite entertaining!
..... well: forever....
See also here: quite entertaining!
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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They are the modern equivalent of um and er.
They are fillers, to give the speaker time to make a response - but reserving their place in the conversation.
They are fillers, to give the speaker time to make a response - but reserving their place in the conversation.
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I'd guess the majority of of replies to this thread(including me)are over 50.
I think it's important to remember that nothing stands still,the English language included.
Language is a means of communicating,if you understand what's being said that's all that's required,the rest is style sometimes an individual may not like the style,I agree with Bob,'so' and 'well' are fillers,end of,or .
One word I have problems with is the word 'period' as in "I told him no,period".
It's because whenever it's used in that context it causes me to think of menstruation,which isn't something I like to think of too much as it makes me feel quite biliuos
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I've no idea where it comes from in that context other than the US.
As for the idiosyncrasies of verbal communication,for us old 'uns,eavesdrop on some teenagers chatting,preferably without them knowing,it's an education as 'sick' becomes 'great' and 'bad' becomes good,but isn't as good as 'really bad'
See I didn't use 'so' once,'welllllll' maybe just once........
BTW,what does get right up my snout are people talking to camera whilst strangling some poor imaginary soul on their knees directly in front of them.
I think it's important to remember that nothing stands still,the English language included.
Language is a means of communicating,if you understand what's being said that's all that's required,the rest is style sometimes an individual may not like the style,I agree with Bob,'so' and 'well' are fillers,end of,or .
One word I have problems with is the word 'period' as in "I told him no,period".
It's because whenever it's used in that context it causes me to think of menstruation,which isn't something I like to think of too much as it makes me feel quite biliuos
.I've no idea where it comes from in that context other than the US.
As for the idiosyncrasies of verbal communication,for us old 'uns,eavesdrop on some teenagers chatting,preferably without them knowing,it's an education as 'sick' becomes 'great' and 'bad' becomes good,but isn't as good as 'really bad'
See I didn't use 'so' once,'welllllll' maybe just once........
BTW,what does get right up my snout are people talking to camera whilst strangling some poor imaginary soul on their knees directly in front of them.
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nez dans le guidon wrote:Devastated, anyone? Do you have a whole raft of objections or merely a great swathe?
I'll see you 'devastated' and raise you a 'gutted'
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