So?

What's with this new thing of replying to a question or starting a sentence with so?

Is this another one that has crossed the Atlantic and found itself a home here?

Have a nice day, ya'all.

Can I ask you a question?

You already have!

Its an attempt to cement WR/WW relations, a 'hands across the pond' type thing,

Ya know wot I mean at the end of a sentence. Hope it doesn’t reach this side of the pond.

Well why ask again?

Trying to get out of this hole, you see?

“It appears in writing a far back as Old English literature, like Chaucer and Shakespeare.

The "so" boom is likely a natural progression of language - helping us communicate better. “

www.businessinsider.in (2014)

i hope we dont start ending with period!

Yes, I agree, Laughing Gravy. I wouldn’t want that to happen, full stop. (Link)

"Hello how are you doing today?"

"So, I'm feeling alright at the moment a little tired maybe."

There is no need for a SO!

i dont think iv'e ever said so!

I don't say so

It's like using the word literally, they are called fillers. You know what I mean?

No need for "fillers", good god we are British.

My pet hate is when a person says "you know" many, many times in the course of an explanation or even an interview.

Erm, is a favourite of scousers.

Eh? Eh? Eh?" "Dey do do dat dough don't dey dough.

So , I thought it was only me that had noticed.

It's taken over from "but hey" as the latest irritating Americanism to blight our language.

Indeed, 0 years. Not forgetting the teenage use of "Like" that came over all the time.

They seem to use them as a crutch to get them through a conversation.

I am going to Southport me.

And?

Microsoft Word now going to automaticaly put two spaces after a full stop

Seems to be a requirement for Pointless
contestants to respond to everything with
so

Domino: I am going to Southport me.

So, Southport has always started with So, and I’ll just go with the flow like the sea, me.

Am gooin doctors wi mi leg.

As to the title of this topic ?

Well 'so' bloody well what then

As to the title of this topic
You didn't start that rant off with so

Dont try gooin bawt thi leg,

Domino. Sorry to hear you have a so leg, hope it gets better soon.

A lot of people start a sentence with "well," ....

A Scouser would start a sentence with "eaaarrr," ....

whereas a Wiganer will end a sentence with "laaaaike".

Mi legs gon awreet,bu av geet bellywarch.

raaaaight

"Awraaaaight, we're gooin' douyn Pem forra raaaaide on t'baaaaikes, laaaaike"!

ad luv fot hear you actually say that

It'd be as funny, to a Wiganer, as when a China-man speaks English with a Chinese accent is.

"Ha, Haaaa", "Listen him, traaaayin't'talk laaaaike us"!

Famous Wiganer tale = We was in Spain/Greece/Italy/Timbuc pissin' Too, on holiday, and this bloke from Bolton says to us "I can tell you come from Wigan".

I wonder how he knew?

Two really irritate me. 1: Another drink?" and someone replies "I'm Good"
2: When people are stating facts and start with "First off" instead of "First of all". [That's my worst one and I've even heard it on Eastenders]

Has all you Decent posters no.
That's got to be right up there with the worst.

Using the word "so" at the beginning of an answer has not arrived from across the Atlantic.
However in North America we have recently acquired an equally annoying replacement.
They use the word "look" here.
Look,I hope you are spared that one.

Look is the politicians favourite word to start a sentence.

"Look, they’re just emphasising a point or perspective that we’ve missed, or insinuating that we’ve missed.

They think we’ve missed. Whether or not we’ve missed is, look, up to us."

What annoys me is people saying "droring" instead of "drawing" and "the lore" instead of "the law"!

Oh., and "a packet of crisp" when they mean "a packet of crisps". You wouldn't get one 'crisp' in a packet, would you?

normul folk say bag of crispsps

I'm with Terry about "like" as it's my favourite hate, and I know that's a contradiction in terms, but lots of people misuse the word "like."

For example: "Well you know like I went to the hairdresser like and she like washed my hair with water too hot like and it burned my head like. Then like she put a towel on my head like to cool it down like."

Tonker said "Oh., and "a packet of crisp" when they mean "a packet of crisps". You wouldn't get one 'crisp' in a packet, would you?"

So do them men from Leigh only get one lobby in their pan?

Yes. One portion of 'lobby'. Laaaaike a bowl of 'soup'.

Is a tree covered in 'leaf'?, or a bird covered in 'feather'?

Do you get a 'bag of chip' from t'chippy? or a 'box of nail' from t'hardware shop? or a tin of 'bean' in t'cupboard?

Do the math

Math is used because the Americans say Mathematics is singular despite being plural in form.
They have a point. I prefer Maths.

"So do them men from Leigh only get one lobby in their pan?"

Haha It should have "one Lob".

Eee am a reet daft bugger me. Anyone else geet a lob on?

Well, there's the rub.

Cooks in Leigh are often heard shouting "I've got a lob on".

I just say I have the lobbies on.

Tonker,
Surely you get “ fries” from the Chippy and “ chips” are a packet similar to your crisps.

LOBBIES. Where’s peawapp when he is needed.

He'll be getting a lob on.

Broady, OH NO!

Where I grew up, getting a lob on indicated you were getting hot or sweaty....used a lot at work.

Same difference.

The Wilted Lob!

Anyroadup. them Yanks only say Math because they can only work things out in single figures!

Can you imagine a plastic Wiganer being first man to set foot on The Moon?

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankaaaaind, laaaaike"!

A real wiganer won't say that.
Why to people from Runcorn talk like they live on brookside, likchchchche?

Go 'ed, is right, nice one, boss, well in, sound, belter, made up. Usage: 'Go 'ed, lad, get us an ale in, nice one.

I'm ramping up my annoyance with all this newspeak!

I know someone from Runcorn and he doesn't talk with a Liverpool accent. Then again .....

A motorcycle courier, from Tunstall, delivered a parcel to a house in Winstanley. Before setting off back, he called in Winstanley Co-Op for a can of pop and a butty.

When he got home, he says to his wife, "Y'know, duck, I didn't know Wigan was in Liverpool"?

A talking duck?