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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    When people use literally incorrectly. Only this morning some put in our chat they 'literally drank their bodyweight on Friday night'
    You told him he was a lightweight?

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

    Exactly. It's an attempt to subliminally suggest "This is so", or "so be it", like an all-knowing oracle uttering unassailable words of wisdom.
    Not in my experience. Younger people use it to demonstrate uncertainty or awkwardness. "soooo, I'm gluten-intolerant."

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by malvolio View Post

    Beginning with "so" is incorrect, if there is no preceding statement from which this statement follows on, or if "so" is followed by a justifying statement (as in, "So, because people start speaking with the word 'so', they are irritating f***wits"). "So, I'm James and I'm a f***wit" is grammatically incorrect.
    Exactly. It's an attempt to subliminally suggest "This is so", or "so be it", like an all-knowing oracle uttering unassailable words of wisdom.

    "So, I'm the departmental head. My name is Dee, and I'm part mental!"

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    When people use literally incorrectly. Only this morning some put in our chat they 'literally drank their bodyweight on Friday night'
    So that literally makes my blood boil.

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  • malvolio
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

    And why is that? It's not incorrect.
    Beginning with "so" is incorrect, if there is no preceding statement from which this statement follows on, or if "so" is followed by a justifying statement (as in, "So, because people start speaking with the word 'so', they are irritating f***wits"). "So, I'm James and I'm a f***wit" is grammatically incorrect.

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  • northernladuk
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    When people use literally incorrectly. Only this morning some put in our chat they 'literally drank their bodyweight on Friday night'

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  • Paralytic
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    "To be fair...." - someone trying to justify something they know doesn't have support of others

    "I, personally, ....." - as opposed to someone else personally?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

    Maybe he wanted to sound vaguely Japanese, in the (probably forlorn) hope of subliminally encouraging renowned Japanese speed and efficiency in his staff!
    Fair you should be - Kaizen and Kanban make massive improvements implemented properly.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by HoofHearted View Post
    So, beginning a sentence with a conjunction really gets my goat
    And why is that? It's not incorrect.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by La Petite Valse View Post
    A project manager used to always start his meetings with "okay..."

    But, instead of pronouncing it okay he would, bizarrely, pronounce it "hock-eye" instead. Maybe he had some kind of speech impediment, or something, but it really got my goat.
    Maybe he wanted to sound vaguely Japanese, in the (probably forlorn) hope of subliminally encouraging renowned Japanese speed and efficiency in his staff!

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