The word "so" before a sentence.

[tim_noone]

So.....what happened to "triffic"

[Bfcboyo]

Na then tha were stood int queue int chippy when fella at front orderin were agate.

So, can i get some chips and peas.

I tell thee thas never heard owt like it, we his southern accent. Bloody oining me to death it were.

[Hendrickxz]

Ladies and gentlemen, might I proffer the use/misuse of LIKE! as the worst development in the English language over the last decade. As in I WAS LIKE! Can't frigging stand it......

[Falcon]

One that irks me is when someone says they 'half-thought' of doing something.

NO

You either thought about doing it or you didn't think about it. Thoughts are fully fledged thoughts no matter whether they're deep and meaningful or merely a passing ponderance.

[elwaclaret]

A self taught speech impediment... you must be "so" cool

[Falcon]

It's not even self taught in my opinion. People tend to copy the speech quirks of the people they listen to and interact with, without even realising it a lot of the time.

Like the friend who goes travelling in Australia and comes back with a Aussie twang etc.

It's also presumably how children pick up their accent.

[Gnulty]

And what about that annoying use of " no worries" ...!

[Bfcboyo]

It's not even self taught in my opinion. People tend to copy the speech quirks of the people they listen to and interact with, without even realising it a lot of the time.

Like the friend who goes travelling in Australia and comes back with a Aussie twang etc.

It's also presumably how children pick up their accent.

All boils down to the evolutionary fact that we are ultimately apes with less hair.

[tim_noone]

And what about that annoying use of " no worries" ...!

No Wucking furries to be precise

[ontario claret]

My personal least favourite British phrase is "just about", as in "He just about made that save", when he actually DID make the save, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. You never hear it used that way over here.

[Wile E Coyote]

The "So" thing has been around for quite a few years, I seem to recall noticing it around 2012, heard a radio interview about science and the expert began evrery answer with it. When I started hearing it more often, I began to wonder why these idiots decided it was time to speak this way. They must make a conscious decision to include this whenever they talk. It swept across the media and still keeps going.

As someone mentioned previously, "YES,NO " both words used at the same time . This has to be the most ridiculous, they are opposites, but a lot of football pundits use it. Hideous !!!!! they should be dragged from the studio and thrown in a skip.

[houseboy]

And what about that annoying use of " no worries" ...!

I actually like that one - use it all the time - it's kind of chilled out don't you think. Especially if said in a fake Ausy accent.

[Wile E Coyote]

I actually like that one - use it all the time - it's kind of chilled out don't you think. Especially if said in a fake Ausy accent.

i don't, no worries is as bad as so.

the same type of people that use no worries also dabbled with "Ye Mon " in a kind of jamaican accent, they too should have been hurled in a skip and carted off.

[Joe14]

So, so?

[BOYSIE31]

What about ex players who start with "listen"

[houseboy]

i don't, no worries is as bad as so.

the same type of people that use no worries also dabbled with "Ye Mon " in a kind of jamaican accent, they too should have been hurled in a skip and carted off.

Hey I did that as well. Good observation.

The fact is although I do like 'proper' grammar and punctuation and certain things annoy me it seems, looking at this thread, that too many people have too much time on their hands.

Incidentally one of the things that no one has pointed out that has stuck with me since school because of a fabulous English teacher at the time who had a great way of making a point, is the difference between 'can' and 'may'. The illustration is still with me 50 years on. One of the lads put his hand up in class and said 'Please Miss, can I go to the toilet?', to which the reply came 'Yes'. He got up to go and the teacher said sharply 'Where do you think you are going?'
'To the toilet Miss, you said I could'
'I said you COULD. I didn't say you MAY'.
They don't make 'em like that any more.

[Wile E Coyote]

Hey I did that as well. Good observation.

The fact is although I do like 'proper' grammar and punctuation and certain things annoy me it seems, looking at this thread, that too many people have too much time on their hands.

Incidentally one of the things that no one has pointed out that has stuck with me since school because of a fabulous English teacher at the time who had a great way of making a point, is the difference between 'can' and 'may'. The illustration is still with me 50 years on. One of the lads put his hand up in class and said 'Please Miss, can I go to the toilet?', to which the reply came 'Yes'. He got up to go and the teacher said sharply 'Where do you think you are going?'
'To the toilet Miss, you said I could'
'I said you COULD. I didn't say you MAY'.
They don't make 'em like that any more.

poor lad , hes probably incontinent now and suffering psychologically .

[Gnulty]

So lads, don't get super uber exited over my "no worries" post. Sorry, my bad..