So..........

[chrismcg1]

Is it just me or are more and more people starting sentences with 'So....' -

I listen to talk radio and the people being interviewed do it, I am an insurance broker and I ask clients questions and they do it, weather guy just did it..

To me it sounds wrong, maybe a little bit American and the more I hear it the more it annoys me. Maybe it is just me.....

So.......

[TonyRPH]

I think we did this last week (or the week before maybe...)

Try searching, I'm sure you'll find it.

[SpeedMattersNot]

Can't say I've noticed an increase...but I've noticed it before. It reminds me of the way a politician might start a paragraph.

[GTIR]

Or as Clegg does "Listen..."

Yes I was already thanks.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I think people in the public eye are being coached to answer questions with So, followed by a pause, as it gives them more thinking time, and sounds less evasive than err or um.

[GTIR]

I've a mate who I've known for 35 years and I know him so well that when he's says "Pardon?" to a question I know he's lying because he needs to think up an answer.

Also, if I ask him something and the "Yes" is slightly higher pitched I know he's lying.

Obviously I've never said anything because it's quite handy!

[gaz1234]

Someone I know says 'sorry' every time you say something to her.

[Captain Muppet]

gaz1234 said:

Someone I know says 'sorry' every time you say something to her.

A woman who apologises? Sounds like a keeper.

[iva cosworth]

All foreign race or rally drivers when being interviewed start with "For sure" every time.

[Urban Sports]

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[simoid]

GTIR said:

Or as Clegg does "Listen..."

Yes I was already thanks.

In fairness, I'm sure he's not used to people listening to him.

[WinkleHoff]

So...is another irritating Americanism to add to the plethora of idiotic imported phrases now being used by Brits. Just add it to the dreaded high rising terminal (everything is a question), the mind blowing "Can I get" coffee shop request, and the affliction of effected croaky voice.

You wait until the numerical shortened phrase starts, eg; "So, I now weigh one hundred seventy six pounds? Like, can I get a skinny latte?"

[Mobile Chicane]

Incredibly annoying.

People who use such artifice have all studied the same online course of 'How to create intriguing headlines / presentations / brochures / email copy / yada yada which sell, sell, and SELL!'

Clearly, there's a tad more to it than that.

[gaz1234]

Captain Muppet said:

A woman who apologises? Sounds like a keeper.

It like she is def or says it to give herself a couple of seconds to answer. fking annoying