The over use of the word "So"

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 10:34pm

I just don't understand this recent phenomenon that members of the BWW community to start off their thread titles with the word "So":

"So, I Saw Hair again", "So I didn't like West Side Story", "So I just can't stand Idina Menzel"....

What is up with that? Why all the "So's"?

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 10:37pm

It has a long way to go, before it beats the over use of the word, "amazing"! Never has so much mediocrity been so amazing.

[romantico]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 10:46pm

I have the same problem with the word 'Like'. I hear people use it all the time and it's like, SO annoying! See what I mean?

I don't think people are even aware they are using these words so much.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:06pm

I so don't know what you're talking about...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:12pm

That's so gay.

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:21pm

I have a problem with:

Oh my God X 300000

and

Fun (Please, NEVER display your poor vocabulary by describing everything in this world as "fun").

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:23pm

I'm not keen on people who say myself when they mean me.

Or when people say penultimate because they think it means like super duper ultimate.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:37pm

I find it weird when people END their sentences with "so." It's been a trend here in L.A. for a few years. I don't know if it's sweeping the country (or even if it started here), but it's really strange. I guess it invites people to complete your thoughts so you don't have to.

"I really didn't like it, so ..."

"I wouldn't change a thing, so ..."

"We could always do something else, so ..."

"I didn't sleep much last night, so ..."

So WHAT?!? Either finish the thought or don't end your sentance with "so!"

[blueroses]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:48pm

"So yeah..." is even worse.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:50pm

I LOVE Penelope, Kristin Wiig's character.

"My baby came out of the womb speaking 18 languages, so..."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:54pm

And then there's "Also, too..."

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 12:03am

Or the dreaded:

"Is it me or...."

[SNAFU]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 12:09am

My answer to that is always, "It's you and there is a drug for it!"

[nmartin]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 6:14am

Now I have the song So What from Cabaret running through my head.
So who do I blame?
I suppose that should be whom.

[danmag]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 7:28am

Phyllis, it kind of cracks me up that you're hanging out with people who use the word "penultimate" in daily conversation!

[nygrl232]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 8:18am

So.

A needle pulling thread.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 8:21am

LOL, nygirl!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 9:15am

Actually, danmag, the latest offense was something I read on Huffington Post. I posted a comment saying, "I don't think penultimate means what you think it does."

[IAMWHATIAM]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 9:19am

Peruse is one of those words that is also frequently misused by folks thinking it means the opposite of its true meaning.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 10:16am

I have honestly never heard anyone use "Peruse" in a conversation before.

[tazber]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 10:23am

I hear all these things daily, and to be honest they don't bother me in the least. In casual conversation this is how people speak. I'm assuming we're not talking about a lecture or some other formal address.
If someone using the word 'so' really bothers you, I would think that a)the problem is yours, or b)you have an underlying issue with the person saying it.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 10:50am

So, can we put a fork in this?

[Calvin]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 11:03am

Does that mean antepenultimate means super duper not ultimate?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 11:23am

"So yeah..." is even worse.

Unless you're an Eddie Izzard fan!

[saveusmike]

Posted: 9/14/09 at 12:47pm

I use "So anyways" often as a segway into another topic during a conversation...

i.e The movie was good..Sooo anyways how was your day?