So...............

[Headfry]

Why do so many people use 'so' to start a sentence these days

so, what I find really difficult is NOT doing it myself

Where do these verbal 'crazes' come from I wonder.

[northepaul]

Well actually I tend to use....well or ummm if answering a question!

[Flummery]

Many people now reply to a question by saying 'Right ...' and then answering. Why?

[arpoet]

Most of mine start with ''Now, what was i looking for?'
Roger

[Florence Fennel]

Senior member of staff at work starts it with "Ooookaaaay"

[bearded bloke]

Flo,get everybody to write back ......

My name is ****** ,who is this Kay that you are trying to communicate with ?


Go on double dare you

[HeyWayne]

Can't say I've noticed that one.

The one that always gets me is when folk answer a question with "Yeah, no..."

Which is it?

[Florence Fennel]

Flo,get everybody to write back ......

My name is ****** ,who is this Kay that you are trying to communicate with ?


Go on double dare you

So, right, well, ummm, okaay, what was I looking for? Unusually, this is one I daren't BB. He does it verbally in Directorate Management Team meetings. It's so long and drawn out I think it's while he's thinking of the next thing he's going to say! So Yeah, no.

[bearded bloke]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh,I see

[Florence Fennel]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh,I see

said the blind man to his deaf and dumb daughter when he couldn't see at all.

Haven't said that since my children were small Yes okay dears, I'll not make a habit of it.

[mothhawk]

The one that gets me is people who fill their sentences with "you know" as in

"I ran for the bus, you know, and got on , and you know, paid the fare, and, you know, sat down...."

If they think I already know, why are they telling me?

[Glutton4...]

The one that gets me is people who fill their sentences with "you know" as in

"I ran for the bus, you know, and got on , and you know, paid the fare, and, you know, sat down...."

If they think I already know, why are they telling me?

Yup - that bugs me too. As does 'like' and many other 'teenage speak' words or phrases that are used out of context.

"Well, my friend, well, she, like, goes off on one, like, and ya know, I, like, well, I just sat there, laughing, like. Innit?

[Munch]

Or ending every sentence with .... yeh!

Grrrrr..... (Natasha, Apprentice...... shut it!)

[bearded bloke]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh,I see

said the blind man to his deaf and dumb daughter when he couldn't see at all.

Bugger,I thought it was what ...... Nelson said putting his patched eye to his blind telescope

[binley100]

'You know what I mean ' and ' at the end of the day ' are two phrases that seem to be used more and more often . They both bug me , you know what I mean

also the word lush .....since when did that change from meaning alcoholic?