"So" Rant

rickg said:
And your point is?
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It is occasionally alright to use 'And' at the beginning of a sentence, if it implies continuity from previous sentences. It's people who use it at the start of every sentence that annoy me, particularly if they end the sentence with 'didn't I'. :(
 
palindromicbob said:
Come to Northern Ireland and enjoy it as part of the end to many sentences.

"So, that rant about so was a bit crazy, so it was."
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Sure I'm from Norn Irn so I am and you're right so you are. Our use of 'so' is stickin out so it is, but them 'uns that uses it at the start of any answer are eejits so they are, so there.:cheers:
 
Foxholer said:
How about the guys that who use a 'big' word, then a dozen more that explain it!

Btw. '...in a middle of a sentence...' is wrong. Try '... within a sentence ...' or simply leave it out!

And (sic) I can understand those who dislike the use of quotes (' or ") and bracketed text too! :whistle:
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Thank you for correcting my grammar. I don't think mine was completely wrong, but your version was much more elegant. Perhaps I should have thought a bit harder before putting fingers to keyboard! :)
 
pendodave said:
Aussie sports talking heads prefix every utterance with 'Look....'

These things spread like a virus.
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This is the one really that gets me.
I don't mind it from Aussie sports guys and even expect it from their cricketers, but it's over here now and it sounds almost offensive, especially when used by politicians in interviews in that patronising way that only politicians can.

It comes across as; "Look, (you might have just made some good points but you're wrong, dunderhead, here's what I think and I'm right)"...
 
delc said:
It is occasionally alright to use 'And' at the beginning of a sentence, if it implies continuity from previous sentences. It's people who use it at the start of every sentence that annoy me, particularly if they end the sentence with 'didn't I'. :(
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And wooooosh! :rofl:
 
There is hope though...
My brother worked in the corporate world and when in 'civvie street' still spoke in corporate speak...
He's been retired for about two years and has managed to lose this mode and speaks a language the rest of us can understand...
 
JohnnyDee said:
Sure I'm from Norn Irn so I am and you're right so you are. Our use of 'so' is stickin out so it is, but them 'uns that uses it at the start of any answer are eejits so they are, so there.:cheers:
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One of my friends says it so often that he'll often be heard saying, "It is, so it is."


AGRTHDRGJDJH
 
MegaSteve said:
There is hope though...
My brother worked in the corporate world and when in 'civvie street' still spoke in corporate speak...
He's been retired for about two years and has managed to lose this mode and speaks a language the rest of us can understand...
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I have been out of the corporate environment for some years, but management speak in my day included:

Empowerment (think this meant you carried the can when things went tits up)
Worst case scenario (what was more than likely to happen).
Pick the low hanging fruit first. (sack the highest paid staff, however good they were at their jobs).
Thinking outside the box (does anybody think inside one?).
Profit led.
Cutting edge?
What other examples do you know of?
 
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delc said:
I have been out of the corporate environment for some years, but management speak in my day included:

Empowerment (think this meant you carried the can when things went tits up)
Worst case scenario (what was more than likely to happen).
Pick the low hanging fruit first. (sack the highest paid staff, however good they were at their jobs).
Thinking outside the box (does anybody think inside one?).
Profit led.
Cutting edge?
What other examples do you know of?
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too many - just too many. I'm currently socialising a document for feedback
 
delc said:
I have been out of the corporate environment for some years, but management speak in my day included:

Empowerment (think this meant you carried the can when things went tits up)
Worst case scenario (what was more than likely to happen).
Pick the low hanging fruit first. (sack the highest paid staff, however good they were at their jobs).
Thinking outside the box (does anybody think inside one?).
Profit led.
Cutting edge?
What other examples do you know of?
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From a (1989) GM who had been a NFL Quarterback (before shoulder injury put paid to that career) so had encountered plenty of rah-rah-speak. And it was a US company, so actively encouraged such phraseology!

- Let's grab the whole ball of wax
- Hit the road running!
- Blue sky (or was it 'out of the box') thinking
and quite a few more that I have thankfully erased from my memory!

I'm now working for another US company and there are still significant parallels! TLAs abound!! :whistle:
 
Foxholer said:
From a (1989) GM who had been a NFL Quarterback (before shoulder injury put paid to that career) so had encountered plenty of rah-rah-speak. And it was a US company, so actively encouraged such phraseology!

- Let's grab the whole ball of wax
- Hit the road running!
- Blue sky (or was it 'out of the box') thinking
and quite a few more that I have thankfully erased from my memory!

I'm now working for another US company and there are still significant parallels! TLAs abound!! :whistle:
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And on the NFL connection - I continually hear requests to put together the Playbook for such as the build of an IT infrastructure
 
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