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

Mason66 said:
I have been noticing that a lot.

I ****ing hate it.
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My best friends pointed to the way the generation before this one started off every sentence with "Like" and it's the same kind of vocal tic, I guess. The Valley Girl era was marked by airheaded teenyboppers who would say, "Like, I really think we should go to the mall", for instance.

This generation replaced "Like" with "So"...

I'm getting old, there's no denying it! I have almost fully turned into my parents HAHAHAHAHA.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
My best friends pointed to the way the generation before this one started off every sentence with "Like" and it's the same kind of vocal tic, I guess. The Valley Girl era was marked by airheaded teenyboppers who would say, "Like, I really think we should go to the mall", for instance.

This generation replaced "Like" with "So"...

I'm getting old, there's no denying it! I have almost fully turned into my parents HAHAHAHAHA.
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The difference being is that we didn't see that spread through the whole generation.

Valley girls were isolated to a small region. I know because I lived there at the time.

The like thing was just lazy.

This So thing I see it on just about every show I watch. The word So begins the answer to any question. I don't understand how that got into so many people's heads.
 
Mason66 said:
The difference being is that we didn't see that spread through the whole generation.

Valley girls were isolated to a small region. I know because I lived there at the time.

The like thing was just lazy.

This So thing I see it on just about every show I watch. The word So begins the answer to any question. I don't understand how that got into so many people's heads.
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Computer code junkies.
That's how I heard it got that way, it's a mannerism that code junkies use all the time, and apparently it cross-pollinated.
 
If I never hear the word "tweeting" again, I'll be much happier! Also, "hashtag". Or when EVERYONE now starts a sentence or an answer to a question, with "So,"
I have listened to quite a few congressional witnesses, guest speakers etc, and it's amazing how many of them start their answers with "So,". Its even common among management level bureaucrats.

At this point, I'd be less annoyed if they all started their sentences with the word "Gonzo" or something! Lol
 
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justabubba said:
guilty as charged

so what?!
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You didn't do it right! It's supposed to be, "So, so what"? The sentence MUST start with So, even if the very next word is also going to be "so".
 
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've been fascinated by language for years.

English is, and I suspect other languages as well, constantly evolving.

It's as if we, as a society, try new directions and adopt those that seem good and discard those that are not comfortable. Our words sometimes guide our thinking and vice versa.

So, I'm totally cool with this! It's adorbs!
 
code1211 said:
I've been fascinated by language for years.

English is, and I suspect other languages as well, constantly evolving.

It's as if we, as a society, try new directions and adopt those that seem good and discard those that are not comfortable. Our words sometimes guide our thinking and vice versa.

So, I'm totally cool with this! It's adorbs!
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In essence you're saying that if I was younger and single, and I saw lots of cute nerd girls over-using "so" to death, it would get me hot and bothered.

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Okay, I'll bite, but that doesn't help me when I'm asking for an opinion on a complex purchase and the faux-lumberjacky millennial dude can't give a yes or no answer but instead launches into an essay that only serves to annoy the **** out of me.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
In essence you're saying that if I was younger and single, and I saw lots of cute nerd girls over-using "so" to death, it would get me hot and bothered.

cute-nerd-sweater-hoodie-girl-with-glasses-grey-11076-1.jpg


Okay, I'll bite, but that doesn't help me when I'm asking for an opinion on a complex purchase and the faux-lumberjacky millennial dude can't give a yes or no answer but instead launches into an essay that only serves to annoy the **** out of me.
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"In essence", what I said was that language is evolving.

I can only imply when I write. What you infer is on you.

Your inference leads you to a leap in which you get hot and bothered by what appears to be a 12 year old.

That's a tad disturbing to me. Unless you're 12. Seems to be pretty possible...

Language evolving is not a new concept. It's been happening since the first grunt was taken to mean something in particular.
 
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