Serge Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Whenever there's a twenty something on Pointless/Chase/Apprentice etc and they are asked a question about themselves, they always start their answer with the word "So" "Where are you from?" So, I'm from...... "What do you do in your spare time?" So, I like to....... When did this become a thing? Cause it gets oan ma tits!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 So........, Whit yer saen is..... Ye want tae know when it stairtit????!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Maybe so has replaced eh as a space filler in a conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 I think it hails from the good old US of A. Like most annoying traits do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Boils my piss. I thought it was just the young ones but it seems to have spread to the older generation as well now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Something patronizing about it. Gets right on my chebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Only time I use it, is when I reply, so feck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Similar to starting sentences with "look" or "listen" or "d'you know what" or "d'you want to know something". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Arseholes been coming out with ut for ages. What ramps up the arseholery is the folk who poat on forums who begin their threads with it. 'So I bought some bread today which was good. Whats your favourite loaf?' That sort of pish. Theres a few on here do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) Shower of whinging ****s. Edited February 6, 2019 by Governor Tarkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Governor Tarkin said: Shower of whinging ****s. This! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 49 minutes ago, jonesy said: Hate seeing, commas when they, are not needed. Too. I wrote something else and changed it. I prefer also, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousset1 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 So, does this merit a new topic when there is already a seethe thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcc Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Governor Tarkin said: Shower of whinging ****s. That begins with “sho” not “so” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 I blame Frank Sinatra for this rage inducing way to start a sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 As Lisa Loeb sang.. You sayI only hear what I want toAnd you sayI talk so all the time, so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Same with the use of the word super replacing the word very Super happy Super chilled Super cool Super hard I find it super annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col1874 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 The last thread I created started with "so" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 As soon as the person speaking starts with so you know you can comfortably switch off as what's following will be utter bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWJ Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Same with the use of the word super replacing the word very Super happy Super chilled Super cool Super hard I find it super annoying Up there with... “How are you today?” “I’m good” The worst is the starting with ‘so ...’ combined with ending with the terminal rise. I believe we can thank Australians for that. It’s tiring listening to it because every phrase sounds like a question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Z Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 14 hours ago, Governor Tarkin said: Shower of whinging ****s. So I literally 'ed at this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 So what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I know a few folk who start in sentence with ‘so’. Imbeciles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 16 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Same with the use of the word super replacing the word very Super happy Super chilled Super cool Super hard I find it super annoying When our American friends get ill (or ‘sick’ as they call it), they are always ‘Super sick’. I could feckin kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Justin Z said: So I literally 'ed at this Like totally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 6 hours ago, FWJ said: Up there with... “How are you today?” “I’m good” The worst is the starting with ‘so ...’ combined with ending with the terminal rise. I believe we can thank Australians for that. It’s tiring listening to it because every phrase sounds like a question. So much this. ? My brain starts to frazzle as their inflection makes me think they're asking questions but they're not. As for "so", in my experience , it was a middle class/student affectation to begin with and now it's a plague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 The affectation which bothers me most recently is people, bloody youngsters mostly, who start a sentence in a normal tone of voice but end up barely intelligible. Rather than gather pace they slow down and get gravelly towards the end, to the extent it sounds like they are creaking rather than talking. Think it's replacing the 'um' or the 'erm' with some folk, gives them time to think. With some others it's clearly an affectation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Smack said: The affectation which bothers me most recently is people, bloody youngsters mostly, who start a sentence in a normal tone of voice but end up barely intelligible. Rather than gather pace they slow down and get gravelly towards the end, to the extent it sounds like they are creaking rather than talking. That there thing is known as vocal fry. Its been 'fashionable' for a good few years and is used by weapons grade arseholes. Give it a google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Saying eh at the end of every sentence So I went fir a pint efter work eh. I goat the bus hame eh. Had a fish supper eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 33 minutes ago, been here before said: That there thing is known as vocal fry. Its been 'fashionable' for a good few years and is used by weapons grade arseholes. Give it a google. Googled it. My my. My oh my. Had no idea it was so popular. Aaaaaaahhhhh weeeeeellllll. As you say, weapon grade arseholes, but on a maaaaaaaasssssiiiivvvve ssssccccaaaaale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I sometimes use so. Usually after I've been provided with a lot of information, like a status update or such like and I'll say 'so, in light of this and that, what is our plan of action going to be?' In my head it's just a summing up intro and a some time to think about what my response is going to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo-Jambo Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Does my ****** head in. Its like a new fashion that folk have cottoned onto and have to copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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