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Beginning sentences with "so"....

#23
It's really hard to change habits like that orally. There's almost nothing you can do short of scripting all of your conversations or shock collars. I myself have a habit of saying "well" at the beginning of sentances, "like" somewhere in the middle, and "you know" at the end of a thought. I mean, it's not like:
"well, I see what, like, you mean. You know? well everyone, like, has thier opinions. You know?..."

But, I do find myself using them, and it grates on my own nerves. I know why I use them and I'm pretty sure this can be applied to many meaningless filler words. Society seems to equate greater word to silence ratio with IQ or validity. We feel that if we take the time to think of our next thought without injecting something other than "uh, duh, or um" or silence, we will be veiwed as stupid. If you want to avoid using those kind of words, you first need to learn to accept silence as something that is not a threat to the conversation. Pace yourself while talking, don't equate speed with IQ.

That's my insight...
 
#24
Originally posted by yoshi
I see the annoyance. Infact, I see a multiplied annoyance as to me (a brit) it's yet another spawn-of satan misued add on word thats swam its' way accross the pond to us and set up camp within the vocabularary of middle class teenagers.

It gets even more multiplied (I'm talking to the power of) when the 'o' is extended and when a few 'likes' are glued on to the feeble attempt at a sentance.

Ps - these are not meant as racist comments..
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Now this is funny because the first person I thought of was Bruce... he uses "So" more than anyone I've seen here.

:D

BTW where did "So" swim from?
 
#27
An Ivy League graduate was down in Texas for a convention. He needs to eat, and stops by a local diner.
The guy behind the counter immediately notices the Ivy-Leaguer's accent, and asks,
"Where you from?"
"Well, where I am from, we do not end sentences with prepositions," He say's hautily.
The counter guy responds, "Fine. Where you from, punk?"


*Punk is originally the "B" word, but TB wants a cleaner, safer environment, so I'm helping it along....
 
#36
when people say, "so i'm like -- whatever."



argh! it's sooooooo juvenile-sounding. i thought "valley speak" went out decades ago.




i, however, am guilty of starting off sentences with "so." i generally use it to set up a story i'm about to launch into, in the present perfect tense...


"so i'm walking down the street, and i see this big sign that says, "SO, WHAT'S NEW?????"




:p
 

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