The over use of the word "So"
The over use of the word "So"
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#1The over use of the word "So"
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#2re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/13/09 at 10:37pmIt has a long way to go, before it beats the over use of the word, "amazing"! Never has so much mediocrity been so amazing.
#2re: The over use of the word 'So'
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.
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#3re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/13/09 at 11:06pmI so don't know what you're talking about...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#5re: The over use of the word 'So'
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").
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#6re: The over use of the word 'So'
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.
#7re: The over use of the word 'So'
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!"
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#9re: The over use of the word 'So'
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..."
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
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Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#12re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/14/09 at 12:09amMy answer to that is always, "It's you and there is a drug for it!"
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#13re: The over use of the word 'So'
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.
#14re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/14/09 at 7:28amPhyllis, it kind of cracks me up that you're hanging out with people who use the word "penultimate" in daily conversation!
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#17re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/14/09 at 9:15amActually, 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
Broadway Star Joined: 1/31/06
#18re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/14/09 at 9:19amPeruse is one of those words that is also frequently misused by folks thinking it means the opposite of its true meaning.
Love is Love Love is Love Love is Love Love is Love Love is Love Love is Love
#19re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/14/09 at 10:16amI have honestly never heard anyone use "Peruse" in a conversation before.
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#20re: The over use of the word 'So'
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.
....but the world goes 'round
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#22re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/14/09 at 11:03amDoes that mean antepenultimate means super duper not ultimate?
#23re: The over use of the word 'So'
Posted: 9/14/09 at 11:23am
"So yeah..." is even worse.
Unless you're an Eddie Izzard fan!
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
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#24re: The over use of the word 'So'
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?
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