Date: 27/04/2015 15:18:27
From: bob(from black rock)
ID: 714305
Subject: "So"
Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
bob(from black rock) said:
Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
Tamb said:
bob(from black rock) said:Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
As ye so so shall ye weep?
Shouldn’t that be:- As ye so, so shall ye sweep?
I’m unfamiliar with it, but interviewers are renowned for interrupting.
Guessing that the interviewee is simply continuing with their story.
As I was saying So …
bob(from black rock) said:
Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
have you any recorded examples?
bob(from black rock) said:
Tamb said:
bob(from black rock) said:Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
As ye so so shall ye weep?Shouldn’t that be:- As ye so, so shall ye sweep?
Happens a lot on forums as well. One person will make an unremarkable statement and the response will be something like, “So, in that case you support genocide then”.
AwesomeO said:
Happens a lot on forums as well. One person will make an unremarkable statement and the response will be something like, “So, in that case you support genocide then”.
CrazyNeutrino said:
bob(from black rock) said:Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
have you any recorded examples?
No I don’t, but I have heard this many times, it proly is not heard, ie register with the listener for some reason.
Tamb said:
AwesomeO said:
Happens a lot on forums as well. One person will make an unremarkable statement and the response will be something like, “So, in that case you support genocide then”.
I find a lot of forum stuff starts with “And”
Hadn’t noticed that, but not disputing your observation.
AwesomeO said:
Happens a lot on forums as well. One person will make an unremarkable statement and the response will be something like, “So, in that case you support genocide then”.
Well of course, doesn’t everyone?
bob(from black rock) said:
Tamb said:
AwesomeO said:
Happens a lot on forums as well. One person will make an unremarkable statement and the response will be something like, “So, in that case you support genocide then”.
I find a lot of forum stuff starts with “And”Hadn’t noticed that, but not disputing your observation.
Tamb said:
bob(from black rock) said:
Tamb said:I find a lot of forum stuff starts with “And”
Hadn’t noticed that, but not disputing your observation.
It’s an “in addition” thing e.g I could have started my last post thus:
And I find a lot of forum stuff starts with “And”
Just invented another one, “And so” —-
And so,
does that so and so bob
reap what he so’s?
bob(from black rock) said:
Tamb said:
bob(from black rock) said:Hadn’t noticed that, but not disputing your observation.
It’s an “in addition” thing e.g I could have started my last post thus:
And I find a lot of forum stuff starts with “And”Just invented another one, “And so” —-
Shouldn’t that be:- As ye so, so shall ye sweep?
that is only applicable to jesus as only jesus swept.
It’s quite a recent thing, last year or so I’ve noticed.
It’s very noticeable when young academics are interviewed.
>>That comes from the German
I’ll tell you what’s funny about the Germans, get this, they spell Vagner with a W.
Peak Warming Man said:
>>That comes from the GermanI’ll tell you what’s funny about the Germans, get this, they spell Vagner with a W.
On that railway show last night the fellow said Gerta, referring to Goethe. I have never heard anyone say Goethe before so in my mind I always read it as sort of Gowth.
AwesomeO said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>That comes from the GermanI’ll tell you what’s funny about the Germans, get this, they spell Vagner with a W.
On that railway show last night the fellow said Gerta, referring to Goethe. I have never heard anyone say Goethe before so in my mind I always read it as sort of Gowth.
“go tee” is how I’ve often heard it but I don’t know the real pronunciation.
Peak Warming Man said:
It’s quite a recent thing, last year or so I’ve noticed.
It’s very noticeable when young academics are interviewed.
We discussed this a couple of months ago here, because I started a post with “so”. Only problem with the recentness is that I’ve been starting sentences with ‘so’ since I was a teenager.
Peak Warming Man said:
AwesomeO said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>That comes from the GermanI’ll tell you what’s funny about the Germans, get this, they spell Vagner with a W.
On that railway show last night the fellow said Gerta, referring to Goethe. I have never heard anyone say Goethe before so in my mind I always read it as sort of Gowth.
“go tee” is how I’ve often heard it but I don’t know the real pronunciation.
It’s ‘gerta’. I had to translate some Goethe when I was learning German in the late 1970s. Our German teacher was pretty keen on Goethe.
Yeah, nah.
One of the first CDs I ever bought. I’ve lost it now.
One of the first CDs I ever bought. I’ve lost it now.
so?
so shall you sow, so shall you reap
I too have noticed an abundance of ‘so’ among the desperate end of wanker st.
I have no sympathy for it.
some contexts it is simply poverty of language etc
other contexts it’s meant to sort of get the attention of the other person, perhaps have the other feel obliged to justify or explain, or entertain
it can also be said completely by itself, in which case it may indicate a number of things, for example ‘why am I here’, along with ‘I wish I wasn’t’.
if you add all three of the above together you sort of get something like make this an interesting experience for me, not much happens in my head without external stimulus, my contempt is growing and wandering, you’re making me feel tired of myself, and I could be somewhere else and not experiencing this.
oh it can be sort of a pause too while a thought or thoughts are readied to be uttered, yes a sentence might be in the making
related to that last mentioned, it can indicate to some other person that you are context building, or trying to get a picture, perhaps too it may pass for being thoughtful.
so in this case it’s being used as a discourse marker… nothing more
The one that seems to get quoted the most is the Chicago Manual of Style, which says:
There is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but or so. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions. It has been so for centuries, and even the most conservative grammarians have followed this practice.
- See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/can-i-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction#sthash.JCMcQios.dpuf
so there
Don’t give up…
I re-read the original Q
it may in fact be the same as “errr”
so what?
bob(from black rock) said:
Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
¿So what, I do. And I always like to start a sentence with a conjunction.
And while we’re about it, why have people started only using half-sayings or epithets? Examples:
“The love of money is the root of all evil”
“I before E except after C for the sound of E”
“The pun is the lowest form of wit because nothing’s beneath a pun”
There are many others, but I’ve read or heard these (from people or journalists who should know better) in the last few days. English teachers in England have been instructed to drop any reference to the “I before E” one.
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>>I before E except after C
That is the only one I’ve ever heard and I went to school in the fif……… a fair while ago.
Peak Warming Man said:
>>I before E except after CThat is the only one I’ve ever heard and I went to school in the fif……… a fair while ago.
That’s weird.
mollwollfumble said:
bob(from black rock) said:Why do some people that have been interviewed by a media person, start their answer to a question with the word “so”?
¿So what, I do. And I always like to start a sentence with a conjunction.
So what’s with the ¿?
I before E except after C is the only one I’ve ever heard too. It would have been good to have know the rest of it, as it would have made remembering all of the exceptions to the rule a little easier.
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:¿So what, I do. And I always like to start a sentence with a conjunction.
So what’s with the ¿?
Spanish question mark, goes at the beginning of a sentence. When I have a multipart sentence in which the first part is a question and later parts a statement I prefer to put a Spanish question mark at the start. I also like it as a way of changing a statement to a question, such as
¿The Sun is made of green cheese
By the way,
¿?
is perfectly good Spanish, the English translation of it is
Huh?
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:¿So what, I do. And I always like to start a sentence with a conjunction.
So what’s with the ¿?
Spanish question mark, goes at the beginning of a sentence. When I have a multipart sentence in which the first part is a question and later parts a statement I prefer to put a Spanish question mark at the start. I also like it as a way of changing a statement to a question, such as
¿The Sun is made of green cheese
By the way,
¿?
is perfectly good Spanish, the English translation of it is
Huh?
I would have liked to reply with a ¿?, but that all seems perfectly reasonable.
Starting a conversation with So sounds casual and perhaps trying for a familiarity that doesn’t exist
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:¿So what, I do. And I always like to start a sentence with a conjunction.
So what’s with the ¿?
Spanish question mark, goes at the beginning of a sentence. When I have a multipart sentence in which the first part is a question and later parts a statement I prefer to put a Spanish question mark at the start. I also like it as a way of changing a statement to a question, such as
¿The Sun is made of green cheese
By the way,
¿?
is perfectly good Spanish, the English translation of it is
Huh?
DV was a big so’er but we beat it out of him
there is a belief that these sorts of ‘disfluencies ‘ are used like audible punctuation to help listeners understand there is a pause coming…
its the way people manage the slight disconnect between what we are saying and what we are thinking, allowing the speaker to pause and catch up.
diddly-squat said:
there is a belief that these sorts of ‘disfluencies ‘ are used like audible punctuation to help listeners understand there is a pause coming…its the way people manage the slight disconnect between what we are saying and what we are thinking, allowing the speaker to pause and catch up.
Not many people bother typing “ummm”
Dropbear said:
diddly-squat said:
there is a belief that these sorts of ‘disfluencies ‘ are used like audible punctuation to help listeners understand there is a pause coming…its the way people manage the slight disconnect between what we are saying and what we are thinking, allowing the speaker to pause and catch up.
Not many people bother typing “ummm”
that’s why it’s not used much in text based conversation
Dropbear said:
diddly-squat said:
there is a belief that these sorts of ‘disfluencies ‘ are used like audible punctuation to help listeners understand there is a pause coming…its the way people manage the slight disconnect between what we are saying and what we are thinking, allowing the speaker to pause and catch up.
Not many people bother typing “ummm”
I wonder if Buddhists type Ommmmm?
diddly-squat said:
Dropbear said:
diddly-squat said:
there is a belief that these sorts of ‘disfluencies ‘ are used like audible punctuation to help listeners understand there is a pause coming…its the way people manage the slight disconnect between what we are saying and what we are thinking, allowing the speaker to pause and catch up.
Not many people bother typing “ummm”
that’s why it’s not used much in text based conversation
My comment was referring to DV using “so” a lot in written speech ;)
Not a hanging crime, sure, but probably fine worthy
Dropbear said:
diddly-squat said:
Dropbear said:Not many people bother typing “ummm”
that’s why it’s not used much in text based conversation
My comment was referring to DV using “so” a lot in written speech ;)
Not a hanging crime, sure, but probably fine worthy
that’s cool… my response was directed at the OP
diddly-squat said:
Dropbear said:
diddly-squat said:that’s why it’s not used much in text based conversation
My comment was referring to DV using “so” a lot in written speech ;)
Not a hanging crime, sure, but probably fine worthy
that’s cool… my response was directed at the OP
So seems confrontational. Maybe that’s why journos use it in order to provoke a reaction.
JudgeMental said:
One of the first CDs I ever bought. I’ve lost it now.so?
so, in this case “so” becomes a word for indifference,
the first so becomes therefore
substituting smaller word for larger words?
and so on and so forth’n so it goes, so so