The word "so" before a sentence.

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:49 am

Why has this suddenly started to be the norm ? I blame Will. I. Am.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:55 am

So. Sorry it should be Will I do

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:59 am

It's to get people's attention before they speak.

!aiboforceN · Post by **!aiboforceN** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:22 am

So, a needle pulling thread.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:23 am

So what ?

theroyaldyche · Post by **theroyaldyche** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:24 am

Hate it personally

Also people who say super before words like super excited

Also people who use the word uber

Pricks

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:30 am

Let's revert language back to Olde English and stay in our small bubbles.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:33 am

Been common in Australia for decades - I blame Neighbours

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:34 am

It's a habit, a trend. Our language develops every day, some of these habits become common usage, others fall by the wayside.

vinrogue · Post by **vinrogue** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:36 am

So, I believe it is of Irish heritage SO it is!

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:40 am

Almost as bad as "Can I get....", rather than "could I have..."

These people are vermin. Just vermin.

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:45 am

So, haitch instead of aitch is super uber annoying.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:54 am

Can’t say I’ve been aware of this one but just so many other cringe worthy faults in the language that you have to endure, the bulk perhaps stemming from football punditry. ‘I was sat’ instead of ‘sitting’ or being referred to as ‘yourself’. It doesn’t bear thinking about.

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:57 am

So,the worst new phrase for me is "my Bad" ..Its nearly as bad as " could of and would of " ..

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:20 am

Well...

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:21 am

It's the 'in thing with the metropolitans. Like being bourgeois Marxist is. Hating Capitalism but enjoying the benefits of it.

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:24 am

Been done in Cork forever.
Early 70s folk opening up with “actually” was far worse.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:47 am

Not as bad as all those people who use the word “literally” in every sentence...despite me trying to explain that the sentence has exactly the same meaning without the word !

JTClaret · Post by **JTClaret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:12 am

People who say 'last minute dot com' annoy me.
Why? Just why?

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:23 am

theroyaldyche wrote:Hate it personally

Also people who say super before words like super excited

Also people who use the word uber

Pricks

Get out more.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:28 am

TVC15 wrote:Not as bad as all those people who use the word “literally” in every sentence...despite me trying to explain that the sentence has exactly the same meaning without the word !

Actually 'literally' means just that, which in itself often makes a sentence nonsense, like, 'I was literally dying' or 'I literally sh!it myself'.
I must admit it annoys me somewhat because it does show a complete ignorance of the meaning of the word.
As an aside, do you ever notice that females use the word 'literally' more than males? I have no idea why.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:46 am

Is it cos they are “literally” stupid ?!!!

theroyaldyche · Post by **theroyaldyche** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:00 pm

houseboy wrote:Get out more.

I get out enough to kno these people actually exist

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:07 pm

TVC15 wrote:Is it cos they are “literally” stupid ?!!!

Oh dear, sexism is alive and well, literally.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:34 pm

I only asked the question....I did not say that was the answer !!

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:45 pm

No worse than starting the sentence with "listen..." like all sports pundits like to do.

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:53 pm

Foshiznik wrote:No worse than starting the sentence with "listen..." like all sports pundits like to do.

And politicians.

CJW · Post by **CJW** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:46 pm

conyoviejo wrote:So,the worst new phrase for me is "my Bad" ..Its nearly as bad as " could of and would of " ..

No, it isn't.
Not by a very long chalk.

Damo · Post by **Damo** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:56 pm

Slightly different, but I think the word "erm" is over used by liverpudlians.
When my oldest thought I was cool enough to attend the game with, we used to try and guess how many times Jim Bentley would say "erm" in his post match interview.

We were both always miles away from being right

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:35 pm

Having a discussion with someone and they start a sentence with “no, but” or just “no” makes me pretty much stop listening to whatever follows.

claretnproud · Post by **claretnproud** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:36 pm

its a sure sign someone is making it up as they go....just gives them a little more thinking time....as annoying as those austraianisms

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:41 pm

It has replaced UMMMMM as a sentence opener but don't worry, it will be something else next year.

ian · Post by **ian** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:54 pm

Ok, so what about "Ok, so" at the beginning of a sentence?

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:27 pm

Yeah, no.............

4:20 · Post by **4:20** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:39 pm

So, Yup, Hmmm, Nope, Yay, Uh-huh, Yass,

All make me cringe.

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:10 pm

Just to add another word to this debate. A local School Head Teacher near us has told his staff that he doesn't want to hear the word "Guys" used when talking to a group of "pupils" - "scholars" -"students".

Carport · Post by **Carport** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:14 pm

bfccrazy wrote:Having a discussion with someone and they start a sentence with “no, but” or just “no” makes me pretty much stop listening to whatever follows.

Or Yes no or no Yes - Favourite of Harry Kane and other footballers

Carport · Post by **Carport** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:18 pm

And don’t get me going on the use of apostrophes in plurals! So many times now I see the insert of an apostrophe into a plural before the s when plural has not been used in the sentence as a possessive noun. Grrr!

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:49 pm

All of the above are irritating but currently I need to know when the L was removed from the word VULNERABLE. It seems anyone interviewed for TV or Radio on subjects like homelessness or child abuse etc refer to "vunerable" people. gggrrrr!!

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:59 pm

Very pleased to see Electroclaret point the finger at the "Can I get a ..."brigade. If I worked in a coffee shop and you asked me "Can I get a soy latte" or whatever I would have to respond "I'm afraid not as I can't let you this side of the counter".

There was a woman being interviewed by Nicky Campbell on 5 Live yesterday morning about global warming and every single answer began with "So...." , just one after the other. Very, very irritating and definitely another growing trend.

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:37 pm

I count myself as really picky about language and quite conservative about change to it but some of the resistance to harmless colloquialisms, entirely normal padding in the spoken word and standard Hiberno-English here is quite baffling.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:44 pm

So if I went into a shop and literally asked if I can get a latte and one of them cake's - that would be wrong?

My bad

ArnoldBenson · Post by **ArnoldBenson** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:46 pm

Why has the word 'check' disappeared, everyone now 'doublechecks'.

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:48 pm

Stalbansclaret wrote:Very pleased to see Electroclaret point the finger at the "Can I get a ..."brigade. If I worked in a coffee shop and you asked me "Can I get a soy latte" or whatever I would have to respond "I'm afraid not as I can't let you this side of the counter".

There was a woman being interviewed by Nicky Campbell on 5 Live yesterday morning about global warming and every single answer began with "So...." , just one after the other. Very, very irritating and definitely another growing trend.

Your first and last sentences above are both improperly constructed. They were entirely coherent and easily understood but that's not the standard you set.

CHEWBACCA · Post by **CHEWBACCA** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:56 pm

Owen Coyle used it a lot in press conferences,a true pioneer of SO.

Cornwallclaret · Post by **Cornwallclaret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:11 pm

Every footie pundit does the top top player when describing someone,why say it twice
Is it like if you're going 'out' or going 'out' ' out' ?

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:17 pm

As a cunning linguist you have to realise that language develops. Each year the lexicographers introduce more words into our dictionaries. Most of ‘em ******** as Chaucer would say.

basil6345789 · Post by **basil6345789** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:23 pm

Do you know what? You do the math cos it's quintessentially existencial.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:27 pm

So, like, you have a problem with that, dude? Bummer.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:30 pm

In Canada, most people add "eh" to the ends of their sentences. What it really is is an invitation to reply, eh?