This is stemmed from Raven's "pathetical" comment in the "Sate vs. Satiate" thread... Our managers and supervisors here at work are most delinquent people at adding the word "... so." at the end of their speeches and statements explaining something. I haven't gotten in trouble for it, but I am ALWAYS counting the times on my notepad during meetings when they say this, and all the time I want to answer with: "So... what? 'So...' Continue, please..." (but I don't, or I will get screamed at for making them look sto0pid.) The fact of the matter is that "so" is not to be used in that way, save for the time when it means as a condition or manner, but not as an ending preposition... in which case, a preposition in the end is incorrect. "He was doing like so" or "Hold the brush so." As an adjective, it is accepted as well. Plain and simple, so... Do you hate "so" at the end of the statements?? I do and thought many of you who are educated enough to know better would agree. "We're going to do upgrades... so..."
I voted No, but I have a similar pet-peeve. It's about "So." When most bloggers go for that "snarky" voice, the kind found on gawker and defamer, it's become a cliche to start a paragraph with "So." I think it was popularized by overrated folks like Dave Eggers. "So. I'm writing my blog. I'm kinda reading through the news, hoping to make fun of the..."
It must be pet peeve day in the Hangout today. I never caught 'so' as a nervous tick. I'll add it to my list. How about other nervous ticks like 'uh' or 'um'. Or 'ok' or my personal favorite 'like' with teenagers. 'Like' is even an indicator of exaggeration "It was like, 100,000 dollars" when it was really 80,000. How about interviews with new hip-hop artists who haven't had any speech coaching who say 'know what I'm saying' at the beginning or end of every sentance. My shop teacher in Jr. High had an interesting one. He would say 'Uh, thang' after every few sentences. My friend made a rap out of it and entered it in the talent contest. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Since we're on this subject... how about "younoamsayin" by Cuttino Mobley... ? It's on every sentence, or "you know" by most NFL players... EDIT: I didn't see your comment on what I added until now, Xero I believe the "so...." at the end makes me ill because I, as a grammar nazi, am expecting them to continue or at least finish out their thought... but they leave me hanging... WTF?
Believe me... you will notice the "... so..." at the end now more than ever... it's like a virus... it's spreadin' fast... I agree with "like"... when my daughter does it, I ask "so it's not really that?" Example: "Dad, we walked like, all around the museum..." "You mean not entirely around, just 'like' around?"
Mine is "at". Where are you at? This is where I got it at. The "at" is not needed and it makes people sound completely uneducated. It is so prevelant in today society you can hear anchor men & women saying it all the time. Some cell phone company has it as their tagline and it drives me crazy. I'm trying to teach my children to speak proper english and it is so hard when all they hear on TV and the radio is street slang.
Exactly, VooDoo. Why doesn't that phone company hire educated people? They don't want to say "at" at the end of a sentence and look as stupid as the rappers do. I am reminded of that song with lyrics "...you can always be on Ricki Lake... the world needs wannabes..."
Actually, language doesn't really piss me off. There have been thousands of slang terms throughout history turned into normal, proper language just through the passage of time. What irritates me is the use of a phrase over and over by media. If I heard the phrase "hunker down" one more time during Hurricane Rita last year, I was going to vomit in terror. That constant repeating of the same stupid phrase over and over irritates the crap out of me.
:::slowly raises hand::: I use "so" a good amount of the time. It's just one of those things that you really don't think about. I don't use "you know", and I'm slowly weaning myself off of "like"...one annoying thing at a time for me...
I despise people who speak with bad grammar. A-Train, I hope you wean off "... so..." at the end of your sentences as well. Please don't forget to vote on this poll. How about: "To be honest with you" at the beginning of something serious... wtf, were you NOT being honest with me before you said this??? WTF?
Hey, Swoly, just FYI, if you really hate bad grammar, you shouldn't read Shakespeare. During his time, he was destroyed by critics and others in society who felt that he was de-basing the language through his plays and all the slang terminology and improper use of English.
My peeve is people who answer a question or statement by saying, "yeah, right!". I know a couple of people who do it and it drives me nuts. Also, Maria Todd on 104.1 does it all the time...at least when I used to tune in when Sam Malone was still there.
