On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 11:56:22 +0100
"Peter Able" wrote:
"Scott" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 11:34:18 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:04:20 +0100
Scott wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 10:10:00 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:01:38 +0100
Scott wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:37:27 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

More empty threats from the RMT or did the lazy bolshevics not get
enough
support from the sane section of their membership and decided to save
face
instead?

So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?

Emphasis. Look it up.

Conjunction. Look it up.

So what?

As you can see, some words have multiple roles.

I don't think politicians and others on the 'Today' programme starting
every sentence with the word 'so' is one of them.

However, I did not mean to have go at you personally, as a helpful
contributor to multiple groups. It was really intended as a societal
observation.

"So ..." in 2018 is the same as "Well ..." in 1918. It is an annoying,
no-benefit, substitution - but nugatory compared to the oh-so-excrescent
media favourite "existential"

Anything is better than someone who inserts "like" after every 3rd word,
often followed either by "totally" or "awesome". Or both.

On 06/06/2018 11:01, Scott wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:37:27 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

More empty threats from the RMT or did the lazy bolshevics not get enough
support from the sane section of their membership and decided to save face
instead?

So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?


So what if they do?

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Graeme Wall
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In message , at 14:10:09 on
Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Scott remarked:
So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?

The give themselves another two seconds to think about what they are
going to say.

MIlliseconds surely?

It's generally separated from the rest of the answer by a significant
pause.

It's a shorter version of "I'm glad you asked me that question".

But not as good as, 'What the audience really wants to know is ...'.

--
Roland Perry

In message , at 14:40:50 on Wed, 6 Jun 2018,
Graeme Wall remarked:
On 06/06/2018 11:01, Scott wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:37:27 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

More empty threats from the RMT or did the lazy bolshevics not get
enough
support from the sane section of their membership and decided to save face
instead?
So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?

So what if they do?

So annoying though.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:40:50 on Wed, 6 Jun 2018,
Graeme Wall remarked:
On 06/06/2018 11:01, Scott wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:37:27 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

More empty threats from the RMT or did the lazy bolshevics not get
enough
support from the sane section of their membership and decided to save face
instead?
So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?

So what if they do?

So annoying though.

So many people do it, though.

Robin

In message , at 16:01:46 on Wed, 6 Jun 2018,
bob remarked:

More empty threats from the RMT or did the lazy bolshevics not get
enough
support from the sane section of their membership and decided to save face
instead?
So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?

So what if they do?

So annoying though.

So many people do it, though.

So it seems.
--
Roland Perry

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:01:38 +0100, Scott
wrote:

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:37:27 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

More empty threats from the RMT or did the lazy bolshevics not get enough
support from the sane section of their membership and decided to save face
instead?

So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?

So I think it is a good idea to confuse the bolshevics who have no
idea of the niceties of the English language.
I must confess, I love my native tongue and its miriad ways of
confusing the less fortunate.

Guy Gorton

In article ,
wrote:
Anything is better than someone who inserts "like" after every 3rd word,
often followed either by "totally" or "awesome". Or both.

Like, that is tots awsome, though.

--
Mike Bristow

On 06/06/2018 19:26, Guy Gorton wrote:


So I think it is a good idea to confuse the bolshevics who have no
idea of the niceties of the English language.
I must confess, I love my native tongue and its miriad ways of
confusing the less fortunate.


So nice of you to illustrate what I assume is one of the countless
variations on, or interpretations of, Skitt's law


--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid

wrote:

"So ..." in 2018 is the same as "Well ..." in 1918. It is an annoying,
no-benefit, substitution - but nugatory compared to the oh-so-excrescent
media favourite "existential"

Anything is better than someone who inserts "like" after every 3rd word,
often followed either by "totally" or "awesome". Or both.


Or that utterance that seems to be a favourite with the type of people who
could audition for an appearance on the Jeremy Kyle show.
“Know what I mean� , Yes it means you are thick , now **** off.


GH