So....

Started by Floydy, February 02, 2022, 06:35:28 PM

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Floydy

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:




Scrumpy




It has replaced 'basically '.. :grin:
Don't ask me.. I know nuffink..

crabbyob


Scrumpy

In Australia way back they used to end their sentences with the word 'but'..
Don't ask me.. I know nuffink..

klondike


crabbyob

or the ex's favourite...'really'

klondike


zoony

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..

klondike

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.

Michael Rolls

the one I can't stand is 'ye know' (pronounced 'ye', not 'you' which is just as bad)
Mike
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Alex

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.