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Original poster

So you know this latest trend of starting sentences with “So”

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123autumn · 13/09/2023 16:44

So you know how people do this? So I find it really annoying. So stop.

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Scorchio84 · 14/09/2023 09:15

TomatoSandwiches · 13/09/2023 16:46

I'd highly advise you to never holiday to the Republic of Ireland.

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😂yeah it's up there with "Well.."

SweetBirdsong · 14/09/2023 09:20

To be fair, it's just the new 'OK...'

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 14/09/2023 09:23

madroid1 · 14/09/2023 05:45

@SuddenlyOld and @Catsmere

People who use 'of' instead of 'with' eg I'm fed up of this.

Fed up of is grammatically correct! Why do you think it isn't?

What are you fed up of?

No, it's 'with'. 'Fed up with'.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fed-up

fed up

1. bored, annoyed, or disappointed, especially by something that you have…

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fed-up

JassyRadlett · 14/09/2023 09:28

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 14/09/2023 09:23

No, it's 'with'. 'Fed up with'.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fed-up

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It's an interesting one grammatically as it's probably one where common usage has driven what is considered grammatically correct, rather than rules driving the usage a otherwise would we have both 'sick of' and 'fed up with' being correct simultaneously?

GoodOldEmmaNess · 14/09/2023 09:35

Bit of an aside, but I love n'importe quoi in French. Every single time it is uttered in Call My Agent it seems to have a different translation, because (presumably) the translator was talented enough to know how varied its significance can be.
By the end of the final series I was agog with all its connotations.

ColleenDonaghy · 14/09/2023 09:36

Underthemagnificentbeechtree · 13/09/2023 16:53

The first person I remember doing this (around 20 years ago) was a French speaker living in the UK. I assumed that was a direct translation of French turns of phrase, but my French isn’t good enough to know!

I don’t mind the “So…” thing - I’m much more bothered by everyone saying “Can I get…” rather than “please may I have”.

"Can I get" is standard in Ireland I'm pretty sure. "Please may I have" would sound very stiffly formal over here if used in the queue at Starbucks.

72EasyLessons · 14/09/2023 09:40

ColleenDonaghy · 14/09/2023 09:36

"Can I get" is standard in Ireland I'm pretty sure. "Please may I have" would sound very stiffly formal over here if used in the queue at Starbucks.

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I think ‘Can I get’ is an imported Americanism — the ‘get’, anyway. I’d say ‘Can I have?’ or ‘Could I have?’ is the former standard in Ireland. ‘Please’ at the end. Agreed that ‘Please may I have?’ would come across as stiff and prim.

sep135 · 14/09/2023 10:04

It drives me up the wall when my teenagers say 'can I get' in restaurants. This may be not be unrelated to the reason why they choose to still do it.

IHopeThisFindsYouWell · 14/09/2023 10:07

Apparently I start every sentence with so. I'm not aware of doing it! I've been told this for decades so I'm not sure it's a new thing. I'm Scottish with Irish roots, so it's possible my parents do it too without me realising.

Oneearringlost · 14/09/2023 10:48

marshmallowfinder · 13/09/2023 22:52

Even worse is when British people seem to take on a fake Australian twang and say it as 'soi'. Was a previous Neighbours influence I think.

Yes, yes, yes! Likewise "Hoime" for "home"..it's Australian influence.

MumofSpud · 14/09/2023 16:01

I find starting sentences with 'basically' or 'like' much more prevalent and annoying!

AlrightThen · 18/09/2023 15:03

I only start sentences to myself saying "Right..." but never finish them.

puppywanted · 18/09/2023 15:07

NRTFT but one that bothers me more than ‘so …’ is when people say ‘yeah, no …’ - like they are acknowledging your silly little comment but then saying what’s actually what.

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