People who answer a question with the word..."So......"

brought it up on here 2 years ago but people said they hadn't noticed it,its been rife as the choice of word to reply to a question for years,straight out of the snowflake generation dictionary,

on another subject i mentioned on here 2/3 years ago why do people no longer use the word TWICE, but say TWO TIMES,theres a couple of adverts on tv use it and it sounds ridiculous

Watch Pointless and it gets used daily by the younger generation.

Another annoying opening, (think the Aussies are responsible), is …….. 'look'.

They can't just say 'yes' any more either, '100%' is fast taking over, as is 'awseome' for anything perceived as remotely more interesting than very ordinary. waloc

thought aiden Obrien cornered the patent on starting any sentence with LOOK,

I can't stand this type of thing, it is so annoying   https://youtu.be/tqNhEzrWQpY

Can't say I've noticed that but, most say "Well" or Ermmm" which is just to buy time, whilst considering their answer.

Some will answer by repeating the question, eg "What do you do" answered by "What do I do, erm...."

you need to get out more and by a tv, more often than not they start a sentence,answer ,with, so,ooooh,said slowly and smugly

the captain of team and someone who loves the so,oooh mantra is PESTON on itv

Thought the new thing was yes, no or no , yes! At least Aidan stopped saying Listen

SO, what you're saying is....     

SO ,is not the important part its getting the 1,2,second pause after saying so,oooh,spot on or it doesn't work to the satisfaction of the snowflakes I,d imagine they practice with each other at dinner parties to perfect their technique,wheres trivial pursuit when you need it

theres 2 different tecniques
theres the long drawn out soooooo,h before going on to answer the question

or theres the sharp,snap, SO, followed by the 1 2 ,second pause, before going on to answer the question

Like pricks who go up to a bar and say 'Can I get...'

Dear me!

Well...basically or, Well literally....have to be well used

ALMOST UNIQUE   grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

First noticed it at least 5 years ago when there was a female scientist or engineer , something like that , on the radio

And yes she did proceed to talk tripe

‘ look’ was that Milliband brother when he was running for election

Mo - "almost unique" is poor but not necessarily wrong although I get that it is irritating. If there are two of a kind of something, one less and the remaining item would be unique. So each could be said to be "almost" unique. What is used frequently and is very definitley incorrect, is "one of the most unique".

it is either unique or not   'one of a kind'

hope this helps

Nope - you're wrong. "Very", "quite"; not allowed - but "almost" or "nearly" - perfectly fine, if extremely annoying. Read the unicorns point here. (The third rate English teacher is not unique it seems).

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-hereby-refute-this-almost-unique-grammatical-error-1467171.html

Aidan O'Brien with his "look, listen, now listen and look" drives me mad it is nothing other than condescending to whoever it is he is talking to.

Thick ba$tards at airports going on holiday (you'll know the type) who call sterling "English money".

Younger folk  adapt to new language trends very quickly  ...every generation has this  ...likewise accents change all the time .

i notice with  'so...'  is its use by a lot by the posher young adults ...never heard it used by kids though

Been away with the in-laws this summer Johnny?

Slippers  ...agree with the look and listen ,that's plain annoying

'almost unique'  is correct in my books

I agree, and a good example given above. moisok wants to be unique but he is one of many fashion led transbenderers, ten a penny nowadays.

what about my earlier post about why people no longer use the word twice but say two times,

any idea,s, theres 2 adverts say 2 times and it sounds ridiculous, imo,

Literally is a word bandied about by people who have literally no idea of the meaning.

What a collection of Victor Meldrews - same old suspects. who gives a fcuk everybody's different.

What a collection of Victor Meldrews - same old suspects. who gives a fcuk everybody's different.

I started a thread about this some time back.
Very annoying trend.

A fair point well made Crystal. But once a pedant always a pedant. We have no control over what gets under our fingernails. We just have to live with the affliction.

Whilst we're on the subject, and with apologies in advance, here's another that grinds my gears, especially prevalent on Youtube, but you hear it everywhere.
"Rare photo" "Rare footage of.." or a "Rare document". By their very nature, all such media are unique. It should be "Rarely seen" or similar.
Adverb, not adjective.

mixing up of

fewer /less
bought/brought
specific /pacific
belgium/belgian

are just a few of the ones i hear on TV from posh or educated folk that a 7 year old should know  ....and i'm thinking ,why the errors from these guys  ?   ...i was fookin rubbish at school

It's also worth noting that us pedants can rarely live up to the standards we aspire to; so that we're doomed to live in a constant state of self inflicted frustration. Evidenced by my use of "frequently" in the earlier thread rather than "often". That'll bug me all night!
I've only done it again. "Self-inflicted". Compound participle phrases are always hyphenated when they come before the noun they describe.
Believe me - this never ends.

You've literally hit the nail on the head.

"A bunch of"  used to be only Bananas, Fives or **** now its the collective noun for every thing from Ants to Nuclear missiles.

Another American import.  Does it matter, not really language constantly evolves but Orwell made the point in 1984 of control the language and you control the thought.

language expert on sky this morning discussing why the uk is terrible at talking ,public speaking etc, answered the 1st 4 question with, SO, LOL

You watch out Saddo  - I will have you know I virtually invented it all by myself back in the 60s before it started trending a year or two ago.

How very dare you  -  SLAP!!!!   - You have been HANDBAGGED!!!

Virtually? You either invented it all by yourself or you didn't.