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Title: So....
Post by: Floydy on February 02, 2022, 06:35:28 PM
What's all this starting a sentence with 'So' all about? I notice it on shows like 'the chase' usually when a contestant is asked a couple of introductory questions:
"Where are you from?"
"So originally from x, now i live in y"
"What do you do for a living?"
"So i trained as an x and now work as a y"
"How would you spend your winnings?"
"So, my car is an old x and I'd like a new y"


Just bloody stop it and speak properly.... (or is it just me?)  :rolleyes:



Title: Re: So....
Post by: Scrumpy on February 02, 2022, 06:43:33 PM



It has replaced 'basically '.. :grin:
Title: Re: So....
Post by: crabbyob on February 02, 2022, 06:46:39 PM
y'know
Title: Re: So....
Post by: Scrumpy on February 02, 2022, 06:49:56 PM
In Australia way back they used to end their sentences with the word 'but'..
Title: Re: So....
Post by: klondike on February 02, 2022, 07:01:27 PM
Whatever
Title: Re: So....
Post by: crabbyob on February 02, 2022, 07:02:28 PM
or the ex's favourite...'really'
Title: Re: So....
Post by: klondike on February 02, 2022, 07:02:59 PM
Ooh I say...
Title: Re: So....
Post by: zoony on February 02, 2022, 07:09:27 PM
Quote from: Floydy on February 02, 2022, 06:35:28 PM
What's all this starting a sentence with 'So' all about? I notice it on shows like 'the chase' usually when a contestant is asked a couple of introductory questions:
"Where are you from?"
"So originally from x, now i live in y"
"What do you do for a living?"
"So i trained as an x and now work as a y"
"How would you spend your winnings?"
"So, my car is an old x and I'd like a new y"


Just bloody stop it and speak properly.... (or is it just me?)  :rolleyes:


Very irritating and I've said it more than once but it's just part of the modern idiom.." So, how many were there?" "So, 'bout 6."..Makes no sense grammatically but..
Title: Re: So....
Post by: klondike on February 02, 2022, 07:28:00 PM
Just different filler sounds. No different from well or err or countless others. I bet the young don't even notice them. The reason we do is because they aren't part of our general speech pattern.
Title: Re: So....
Post by: Michael Rolls on February 02, 2022, 07:29:50 PM
the one I can't stand is 'ye know' (pronounced 'ye', not 'you' which is just as bad)
Mike
Title: Re: So....
Post by: klondike on February 02, 2022, 07:33:47 PM
Ooh I know  :smiley:
Title: Re: So....
Post by: Alex on February 02, 2022, 09:04:36 PM
SO, it irritates me and has done for a long time now.   Along with the mis-use of BASICALLY and LITERALLY   :cool: :cool: :cool:

Apparently SO is a weasel word that people use to avoid giving a straight answer. :grin: funny I haven't noticed the over use of SO during PMQ time.