"So"

[Lil' Lavery]

"So" what?

[thursam]

I do this sometimes when talking as well, but not when writing - which I find mildly strange. I don't do it often, so that's good, but I wish I didn't do it at all. It's like using "like" and "yeah" when describing something.
The main cause is probably my environment/peers. Public high schools (or my high school, at least) tends to lack in terms of grammar and relies more on colloquial slang.

[gpetilli]

This was the very next thread I read after "So"....

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=125333

big chuckle

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by Taylor

I'm willing to accept using the word "so" to start sentences. However, I will not abide by people who end their sentence with that word.

You must hate Jean Luc Picard.

[Tytus Gerrish]

given that so is an interjection, it's approipate to start a sentence with the word.

however if it's not a punctuation. when used to terminate a sentence it drives me absolutly nuts so

[Foster]

I too have fallen befoul of the dreaded "So" at the start of a sentence but, I've been trying to correct it in written communications.

When I proof read before I hit send (and we all do that right?) I look for "So" at the start and in most cases I can delete it and capitalize the next word.

I can't think of anyone around me that uses "so" at the end, I'll need to listen more for it in conversations.

The word "like" repeated a number of times seems to be on the downturn. But I do have a favorite mentor that sometimes gets stuck and I'll get "You know the thing like the ummm the watcha ma thing like, you know like...." I just need to wait for the brain to catch up to the tongue and wait for "the red, long handled electrical crimp tool."

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

You must hate Jean Luc Picard.

Is that a Star Wars guy?

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Is that a Star Wars guy?

Can't tell if he's serious, or trolling

For those who might not know, Picard is the captain of the Enterprise in Star Trek The Next Generation. A common phrase from him is "Make it so."

[Carolyn_Grace]

So, when I was in high school, my speech teacher taught us that many people, especially teenagers, had a tendency to say "like" in the middle of sentences as an unconscious attempt to fill an awkward void.

She encouraged us to use the words "now" or "so" instead, as a way to make us more aware of when we felt the need to do this.

I use "so" way too much.
Because language.

[Ty Tremblay]

So?

[Caleb Sykes]

My favorite was always when someone finishing a presentation in class with the sentence "So, um, like, yeah." Not one bit of information conveyed.

I too see the word "defiantly" accidentally used much too often.

[Wayne Doenges]

Another thing that annoys me is when someone says: "Do you see what I'm saying?" NO, I hear what you're saying. Unless I'm using drugs, I don't see words

[Ether]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

Another thing that annoys me is when someone says: "Do you see what I'm saying?" NO, I hear what you're saying. Unless I'm using drugs, I don't see words

"See" the attachment, definition (2)

[Qbot2640]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

Can't tell if he's serious, or trolling

For those who might not know, Picard is the captain of the Enterprise in Star Trek The Next Generation. A common phrase from him is "Make it so."

A little late for it's "Christmas-ness"...but right on time considering how many of us are out of school for....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSn2JuDQSc

[Ether]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSn2JuDQSc

Somebody had WAY too much time on their hands...