SO!
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moulesy replied on 21/11/2018 19:47
Tammygirl replied on 21/11/2018 20:11
Tinwheeler replied on 21/11/2018 20:15
Posted on 21/11/2018 19:45 by dave the raveI find the latest craze that starts every sentence with "so" quite irritating.How many agree?
Wherenext replied on 21/11/2018 20:50
trellis replied on 21/11/2018 21:01
replied on 22/11/2018 00:07
Posted on 21/11/2018 19:45 by dave the raveI find the latest craze that starts every sentence with "so" quite irritating.How many agree?
dave the rave replied on 22/11/2018 14:30
Posted on 22/11/2018 00:07 byAgree that the tendency to start a sentence, which is a reply to a question, with 'so'; or to introduce an idea with 'so', is very annoying.
Other irritating (to me) modern speech habits:
- the upward (Australian?) inflection
- using "X and I" when "X and me" is correct (hyper-correction)
- failing to use a gerund when its use would be correct
- vocal fry
- could 'of'
- 'absolutely' when 'yes' would suffice
- physical punctuation
- 'like', when the speaker cannot articulate a comparison (usually accompanied by physical punctuation)
- speaking. really. slowly. as. if. every. word. is. not. part. of. a. sentence (a habit with news readers)
- using 'pre-book 'or 'pre-order' when 'book' and 'order' are sufficient, exact, and logical
- 'can I get' when one means 'I would like (to order / buy)...'
- 'oh really' - when one is not in the least bit interested in hearing what another has to say; totally incredulous
- 'look' - when answering a question, implying some impatience with a perceived inability to grasp a point
- 'what was the name?' - when the person being addressed is clearly still alive and in the present
- 'at all' - as in 'do you have an address at all?' Why 'at all'? Close after 'address'
dave the rave