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So, guess what word we are wearing out these days.

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So, I've been thinking that a lot of people are using a certain word out of context lately.
I don't know if I can speak for anyone else, but I find it annoying.
It was bad enough that Valley Girls were overusing the word "like" a couple of decades ago, now the word "so" is the replacement.
So, it's like, literally, the new valley girl word, you know?
I know, right? Totally.

(and it's not just here in "Murrikuh")



In a nutshell, a yes-no question is one that normally gets a yes or a no as an answer, like “Are you okay”?
Do you encounter people who use "so" instead of Yes and No?

John: Do your classes meet on Saturdays?
Jane: So, the French class meets on Monday and Wednesday, but the writing class meets on Saturdays.


How about the "five W's and an H" questions?
(who, what, where, when, why and how)
Do you encounter people who respond with "so" when answering those questions?

Jill: What did you eat?
Jack: So, at first I ordered the steak, but I sent it back because it wasn’t good, and I wound up having salmon.

Is it just me or is over-using the word "so" to start every sentence driving some of you crazy, too?

AND...GET OFF MY LAWN!!
 
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guilty as charged

so what?!
 
It's such a white persons problem.
 
There's a long list of words that I'm not about to get into that are just weird in their currently fashionable context. Soooo, when someone starts an answer to a question with "So...", I know I'm in for a story. I start looking for a comfortable chair, tune them out, and practice my lip reading skills until I find something worthwhile to do.
 
"So, what" and "So, you got a problem?" would be traditional uses of the word.
But here's a millennial duckface as a participation trophy ;) Felix Laughing.gif


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Fearandloathing said:
everything becomes racist in America doesn't it?

It's the most sickening thing about Americans.

There was no reason for that comment. No wonder you're hated around the globe.
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See what you as a Canadian doesn't get is, what I said is what blacks say about whites if we complain about trivial things. What are you being by saying American's are hated around the globe? LOL you are too funny!
 
lefty louie said:
See what you as a Canadian doesn't get is, what I said is what blacks say about whites if we complain about trivial things. What are you being by saying American's are hated around the globe? LOL you are too funny!
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You are a racist.

I will not be interfacing with you any further. Take that **** and go someplace no one else goes. The rules of this place do not allow me the words to properly express myself.

Make all the ****ing jokes about Canada you want, but WE were the safe haven for runaway American slaves, we have never had a race riot.

Good bye and good riddance
 
Fearandloathing said:
You are a racist.

I will not be interfacing with you any further. Take that **** and go someplace no one else goes. The rules of this place do not allow me the words to properly express myself.

Make all the ****ing jokes about Canada you want, but WE were the safe haven for runaway American slaves, we have never had a race riot.

Good bye and good riddance
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Careful what you call people here, labeling me a racist without any facts to back up that claim can get you in hot water. Using foul language only shows me how limited you are, the English language is such a wonderful thing, surely you can find some word that would fully describe the contempt you seem to have towards me. And please, tell me where I made a jo0ke about Canada? I'm starting to get the feeling you may have some issues and I don't want to be insensitive towards them. Please take my apologies if I've hurt you in any way.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
So, I've been thinking that a lot of people are using a certain word out of context lately.
I don't know if I can speak for anyone else, but I find it annoying.
It was bad enough that Valley Girls were overusing the word "like" a couple of decades ago, now the word "so" is the replacement.
So, it's like, literally, the new valley girl word, you know?
I know, right? Totally.

(and it's not just here in "Murrikuh")



In a nutshell, a yes-no question is one that normally gets a yes or a no as an answer, like “Are you okay”?
Do you encounter people who use "so" instead of Yes and No?

John: Do your classes meet on Saturdays?
Jane: So, the French class meets on Monday and Wednesday, but the writing class meets on Saturdays.


How about the "five W's and an H" questions?
(who, what, where, when, why and how)
Do you encounter people who respond with "so" when answering those questions?

Jill: What did you eat?
Jack: So, at first I ordered the steak, but I sent it back because it wasn’t good, and I wound up having salmon.

Is it just me or is over-using the word "so" to start every sentence driving some of you crazy, too?

AND...GET OFF MY LAWN!!
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Just went through the interview process with two guys who applied. I was on the interviewing team. One of the two did this nonstop and it was grating me. I felt bad for the guy because he did so poorly. We actually have the two questions back to back of...

What do you think your strengths are?
What do you think your weaknesses are?

To the second question, and I **** you not, he actually said, "I can be lazy and I don' like people."

His interview was terrible aside from that but that moment was hard to choke down without an obvious guffaw from me.

Many of the other questions were along the lines of "How would you handle..." "Have you ever used X software?" "Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5 of how good you are with X software" and then had a long list of software. Each one began with "Soooo.... I'd give myself a 5". "Sooooo... I'd give myself a 3."

Many politicians' "thinking word" is "look". They'll start off many if not all answers to questions with that as a delay to help them then come up with an answer.
 
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lefty louie said:
Careful what you call people here, labeling me a racist without any facts to back up that claim can get you in hot water. Using foul language only shows me how limited you are, the English language is such a wonderful thing, surely you can find some word that would fully describe the contempt you seem to have towards me. And please, tell me where I made a jo0ke about Canada? I'm starting to get the feeling you may have some issues and I don't want to be insensitive towards them. Please take my apologies if I've hurt you in any way.
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Racists tend to race-bait rather regularly. Guess what you did in this thread?
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
Is it just me or is over-using the word "so" to start every sentence driving some of you crazy, too?
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Nah.
But the use of "Really?" in a plaintive tone, by someone whining about something, usually gets me fantasizing about a follow-up punch to the face followed by a "Yes, really!"
 
HK.227 said:
Nah.
But the use of "Really?" in a plaintive tone, by someone whining about something, usually gets me fantasizing about a follow-up punch to the face followed by a "Yes, really!"
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That was a good laugh, thanks!
 
HK.227 said:
Nah.
But the use of "Really?" in a plaintive tone, by someone whining about something, usually gets me fantasizing about a follow-up punch to the face followed by a "Yes, really!"
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that was really a so-so post
 
"So" seems to have many functions.

It can be used as a declaration: "So, I'm going on vacation after all."

It can be used to minimize something: "So what?" "So what's the big deal?"

It can be used as a discourse marker, which I think is what the OP is talking about. You could replace "so" or "like" with "um" or "uh". They are pauses in speech for the speaker to gather their thoughts. They can also have different meanings depending on the tone of voice the word is spoken with.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
So, I've been thinking that a lot of people are using a certain word out of context lately.
I don't know if I can speak for anyone else, but I find it annoying.
It was bad enough that Valley Girls were overusing the word "like" a couple of decades ago, now the word "so" is the replacement.
So, it's like, literally, the new valley girl word, you know?
I know, right? Totally.

(and it's not just here in "Murrikuh")



In a nutshell, a yes-no question is one that normally gets a yes or a no as an answer, like “Are you okay”?
Do you encounter people who use "so" instead of Yes and No?

John: Do your classes meet on Saturdays?
Jane: So, the French class meets on Monday and Wednesday, but the writing class meets on Saturdays.


How about the "five W's and an H" questions?
(who, what, where, when, why and how)
Do you encounter people who respond with "so" when answering those questions?

Jill: What did you eat?
Jack: So, at first I ordered the steak, but I sent it back because it wasn’t good, and I wound up having salmon.

Is it just me or is over-using the word "so" to start every sentence driving some of you crazy, too?

AND...GET OFF MY LAWN!!
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I will worry about that when we can get like removed from our daily speak, like like like.... Serenity NOW!!!
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
So, I've been thinking that a lot of people are using a certain word out of context lately.
I don't know if I can speak for anyone else, but I find it annoying.
It was bad enough that Valley Girls were overusing the word "like" a couple of decades ago, now the word "so" is the replacement.
So, it's like, literally, the new valley girl word, you know?
I know, right? Totally.

(and it's not just here in "Murrikuh")



In a nutshell, a yes-no question is one that normally gets a yes or a no as an answer, like “Are you okay”?
Do you encounter people who use "so" instead of Yes and No?

John: Do your classes meet on Saturdays?
Jane: So, the French class meets on Monday and Wednesday, but the writing class meets on Saturdays.


How about the "five W's and an H" questions?
(who, what, where, when, why and how)
Do you encounter people who respond with "so" when answering those questions?

Jill: What did you eat?
Jack: So, at first I ordered the steak, but I sent it back because it wasn’t good, and I wound up having salmon.

Is it just me or is over-using the word "so" to start every sentence driving some of you crazy, too?

AND...GET OFF MY LAWN!!
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The other overused word is "sir".
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
So, I've been thinking that a lot of people are using a certain word out of context lately.
I don't know if I can speak for anyone else, but I find it annoying.
It was bad enough that Valley Girls were overusing the word "like" a couple of decades ago, now the word "so" is the replacement.
So, it's like, literally, the new valley girl word, you know?
I know, right? Totally.

(and it's not just here in "Murrikuh")



In a nutshell, a yes-no question is one that normally gets a yes or a no as an answer, like “Are you okay”?
Do you encounter people who use "so" instead of Yes and No?

John: Do your classes meet on Saturdays?
Jane: So, the French class meets on Monday and Wednesday, but the writing class meets on Saturdays.


How about the "five W's and an H" questions?
(who, what, where, when, why and how)
Do you encounter people who respond with "so" when answering those questions?

Jill: What did you eat?
Jack: So, at first I ordered the steak, but I sent it back because it wasn’t good, and I wound up having salmon.

Is it just me or is over-using the word "so" to start every sentence driving some of you crazy, too?

AND...GET OFF MY LAWN!!
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I have been noticing that a lot.

I ****ing hate it.
 
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