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So 11:07 - Mar 26 with 3264 views

What is this latest annoying trend to start every sentence in a conversation with "so"?. You wouldnt write it in a sentence so why do it in conversation?

Yours angry of Swansea

So on 14:52 - Mar 28 with 653 views

Nogginthenog

So on 13:52 - Mar 28 by yescomeon
Why would you not start a sentence with so?

It depends on the context of course. You could start a sentence like

"So many of our children are deprived of a fatherly figure"

It's not entirely unknown in those circumstances.

However you wouldn't normally say something like,

"So we were hoping the sun would be shining today"

The word "so" in that instance is superfluous. That is what gets my goat.

So on 15:31 - Mar 28 with 647 views

yescomeon

So on 14:52 - Mar 28 by Nogginthenog
It depends on the context of course. You could start a sentence like "So many of our children are deprived of a fatherly figure" It's not entirely unknown in those circumstances. However you wouldn't normally say something like, "So we were hoping the sun would be shining today" The word "so" in that instance is superfluous. That is what gets my goat.

I'm with you now (I just had to delete a superfluous "Right," at the start of this sentence). I can't say I've ever noticed it but I bet I'll start to pick up on it now.

But, depending on what was said before or after the second sentence, or if the sentence was in response to a question, then the "so" isn't entirely out of place, no?

Upthecity!

So on 15:50 - Mar 28 with 636 views

Nogginthenog

So on 15:31 - Mar 28 by yescomeon
I'm with you now (I just had to delete a superfluous "Right," at the start of this sentence). I can't say I've ever noticed it but I bet I'll start to pick up on it now. But, depending on what was said before or after the second sentence, or if the sentence was in response to a question, then the "so" isn't entirely out of place, no?

So in most cases the so is superfluous, as is the case in this sentence. Clear now?

If you don't need it why put it in!?

So on 15:53 - Mar 28 with 636 views

WarwickHunt

So on 09:45 - Mar 27 by dickythorpe
Agree with Monmouth. Aussie cricketers especially Ricky Ponting used to start answering every question with "Look", a few New Zealanders do it and now fecking RobHowley does it!!!! Politicians I've noticed use it. "Moving forwards"........... "absolutely" is just a faux clever way of saying YES anyway "It is what it is" [Post edited 27 Mar 2017 9:51]

It's more often "Ah look..." with Aussies.

Not exclusively used to start a sentence, but "and I'm like...*" for "I said" gets on my tits.

*Often pronounced "ahn-ahm-lak" by kids in London trying to sound black.

So on 16:00 - Mar 28 with 627 views

pikeypaul

Youngsters constantly putting "literally" in front of verbs.
eg "literally shitting myself" , "literally starving".

People who start every sentence with "basically" thinking people
are to thick to understand the full content of their answer so need to keep
it simple.

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So on 17:40 - Mar 28 with 608 views

jack2jack

So on 13:52 - Mar 28 by yescomeon
Why would you not start a sentence with so?

Not every sentence FFS,that's the OPs point

So on 09:54 - Mar 30 with 572 views

STID2017

"So touchy people some are" (Courtesy of Yoda )
Guy in my local chip shop starts almost every sentence with "So" ..
"So?"
"So n vinegar?"
He is Chinese mind !

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So on 22:41 - Mar 30 with 556 views

ploppy

So on 16:00 - Mar 28 by pikeypaul
Youngsters constantly putting "literally" in front of verbs. eg "literally shitting myself" , "literally starving". People who start every sentence with "basically" thinking people are to thick to understand the full content of their answer so need to keep it simple.

The misuse of "literally" grinds my gears. It's not just youngsters though:

”Dejan Lovren has literally set the fans alight with his last-ditch tackles."
Football pundit extraordinaire, Michael Owen

"Michael Owen was literally a greyhound in his youth."
Football pundit extraordinaire 2, Jamie Redknapp

"The pound has literally fallen off a cliff .... well, not literally, obviously."
Emily Maitlis on Referendum Night, tries to recover but it's too late

So on 01:01 - Mar 31 with 547 views

WarwickHunt

So on 22:41 - Mar 30 by ploppy

Leona Lewis, on winning X-Factor, ''I literally jumped out of my skin''.

Finally - something worth watching on ITV.

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