[knarf]

If you haven't picked up on it by now, let me tell you how aggravated I am about hearing people, supposedly educated, and once they get started, speak very good English, but they start almost every utterance with .. so.

We make fun of the Caroline Kennedy's, like, because they like, y'know, speak to like .. good.

The latest seems to be, beginning with SO

I just had to unload this

[Tupelo]

I ain't understan what you be talkin bout.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

So, like what is this like about? So, what else is knew? So, like maybe peoples should reid more.

[Hulka]

So. . .whatcha goin’ to do about it?

;-)

[driftdiver]

Sounds hugh

series even!

[Big Red Badger]

So,,,,
That’s You’re Biggest Issue?

[ConservativeStatement]

“So like literally...”

[MeshugeMikey]

teen talk....

Much of America is SO....yout obsessed that they are beginning to adopt the usage of yet another TEENISM.

so...like fer sure, ye know and Im like so peeved yet mildly amused by this TREND myself

[Jack Hydrazine]

This is the post-modern era where standards aren’t enforced anymore.

We have Ebonics and Engrish sprinkled with some Valleyspeak and cllfn txtng t kp it shrt nd sweet!

[Jack Hydrazine]

[miss marmelstein]

So what’s the problem?

[Charles Henrickson]

Whatever.

[hometoroost]

Let me ax you a question. Like, why you mad bro?

[al_c]

I’d rather hear a sentence started with “so” than with “Well, I mean ....”

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I’ve noticed this as well. It started IIRC with one of the folks who was testifying in the IRS hearings. Paul Ryan picked it up immediately.

[TADSLOS]

“You know...”

[TADSLOS]

Dat’s ol’ skool.

[matginzac]

I knew we were in trouble when I heard some of the bozos from the IRS do this in their congressional testimony...cripes!
My big peeves are “off-TEN” instead of “off-phen” for often and the non-use of adverbs, as in “...eat healthy” or “...buy local”...
makes my teeth grind....

[central_va]

Your post is just so so.

[Florie]

My pet corruption of the English language. and I hear it a lot even amongst news comentators is:

these ones
those ones

Just not good English.

[martin_fierro]