Words we cannot abide.

[RobH1]

Probably because of that word patio.

I once heard that word pronounced 'par she oh' by an estate agent.

 

[EEPhil]

Can add 'Hero/es' to my list.

Please do. I'm getting fed up with it as well.

 

[Trev]

Please do. I'm getting fed up with it as well.

And most of them are just doing what they are paid to do.

 

[MikeSh]

Can add 'Hero/es' to my list.

Been on mine for years.

And most of them are just doing what they are paid to do.

Exactly. If you're being paid to do it it's a job.

 

[Trev]

I was going to elaborate on my last but decided against to not raise the ire of the woke.
But there are occasionally people who go far beyond just their job.

 

[Black Hole]

Apparently we have to protect the police from harm while they don't do what they signed up to do.

 

[Trev]

And, more to the point, what WE pay them for. Just do your job of protecting life and property or resign. If you can't stand the 'heat' get out of the 'Pot'.

 

[MikeSh]

I'm not sure I can't abide it, but a phrase (mainly in American content) seems to be gaining traction: "Wait. What?"
Or is it just me noticing it in my dotage?

 

[EEPhil]

"Wait. What?"

Never heard that one.
Not a word, but that strange tutting noise that many newsreaders do at the start of nearly every sentence.

 

[Black Hole]

"Wait. What?"

First came to my attention in the Trivago advert, but noted occasionally since. I think it's quite useful and not terribly objectionable.

 

[Trev]

So why does every sentence start with so now. Pisses me off. Who do they think they are Graham Norton?

 

[Black Hole]

Been there, done that: AvP. "So" at the start is a delaying device which makes them appear responsive without necessarily being. "So..." at the end means "I can't be bothered to fill in the rest, work it out for yourself".

 

[Trev]

I thought that 'er' was the generally accepted 'delaying device'. The stupid 'so' leads you to believe that the rest of the sentence depends on something that you are about to clarify.
I also 100% appreciate that it has already been don to death, but the latest question is "Words we cannot abide" and starting pretty much every sentence with 'So' falls well into that category for me.

 

[Black Hole]

I thought that 'er' was the generally accepted 'delaying device'.

Generally accepted? Generally used maybe, but "so" is now fashionable (perhaps people are being trained away from "er"?).

The stupid 'so' leads you to believe that the rest of the sentence depends on something that you are about to clarify.

I think it sounds pretentious unless used appropriately. It's like "you've asked a question any fool knows the answer to and here's what you could have worked out for yourself".

 

[Trev]

Yes, that's exactly what I meant, but I don't 'have the words' that you do.

 

[af123]

I deal with a lot of people from California (or who live there now) and on chat systems almost all of their sentences start with "So". It's slightly less annoying when written than when said.

 

[Black Hole]

on chat systems

You mean they write starting with "so"? How weird is that!

 

[af123]

So, let me take a swing at this piece. Not sure if I'll be able to sneak it in before I have to focus on work.

 

[Black Hole]

That doesn't strike me as too bad, if it is a genuine continuation from something. I'm thinking more of when "so" is fresh off the blocks.

 

[af123]

It's almost every sentence...