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Non GAA Discussion => General discussion => Topic started by: Eamonnca1 on May 15, 2014, 08:22:58 AM

Title: So...
Post by: Eamonnca1 on May 15, 2014, 08:22:58 AM
"So" at the start of a sentence (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/so-soon-forsaken-what-do-mark-zuckerberg-and-william-shakespeare-have-in-common-9372242.html) is starting to piss people off.

My question is, why do free staters end so many sentences with "so"? What does it mean when they do this?
Title: Re: So...
Post by: AZOffaly on May 15, 2014, 10:18:05 AM
I've only heard it in terms of 'We'll leave it at that so', or 'That's the way it is so'. To me it's like a summary. We'll leave it at that because there's no point talking any more. That's the way it is based on all we've said.
Title: Re: So...
Post by: Nally Stand on May 15, 2014, 10:21:57 AM
Doesn't bother me. But those who start every sentence with either "listen" or "lookit", should be shot with a ball of their own sh*te.
Title: Re: So...
Post by: deiseach on May 15, 2014, 10:23:36 AM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on May 15, 2014, 08:22:58 AM
"So" at the start of a sentence (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/so-soon-forsaken-what-do-mark-zuckerberg-and-william-shakespeare-have-in-common-9372242.html) is starting to piss people off.

My question is, why do free staters end so many sentences with "so"? What does it mean when they do this?

Colloquialism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloquialism)
Title: Re: So...
Post by: Shamrock Shore on May 15, 2014, 10:32:08 AM
Quotefree staters

Eff off.............................you so and so!  ::)
Title: Re: So...
Post by: Brick Tamlin on May 15, 2014, 11:39:55 AM
yerra
lookit
so it is
boy
sur
hi
right so
grand so
listen
Title: Re: So...
Post by: southdown on May 15, 2014, 12:01:52 PM
Here...
Title: Re: So...
Post by: AZOffaly on May 15, 2014, 12:17:04 PM
A couple of Limerick City ones.

DyaknowwhadImean?

C'mreIwantcha
Title: Re: So...
Post by: ziggysego on May 15, 2014, 12:29:14 PM
At the start of every conversation, I'm greeted with - "Ah f**k, not you Ziggy!"

Is that colloquialism?
Title: Re: So...
Post by: Hardy on May 15, 2014, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on May 15, 2014, 12:29:14 PM
At the start of every conversation, I'm greeted with - "Ah f**k, not you Ziggy!"

Is that colloquialism?

Only if you're a colloquial.
Title: Re: So...
Post by: Tony Baloney on May 15, 2014, 02:04:16 PM
Quote from: hardstation on May 15, 2014, 11:33:34 AM
"C'mere......."
>:(
Especially when talking on the phone!!!
McCooey's are the prime offenders, so have a word.
Title: Re: So...
Post by: dferg on May 15, 2014, 02:54:07 PM
People starting sentences with "I genuinely think" or "In my honest opinion" slightly annoy me.

As opposed to what?  your dishonest opinion?
Title: Re: So...
Post by: mouview on May 15, 2014, 03:02:51 PM
Alors..
Title: Re: So...
Post by: Milltown Row2 on May 15, 2014, 05:25:32 PM
"Here be's me" is the worst McCooey/Frankie/chip eater saying I have ever heard followed closely by "here's me whaaaaaaaaa""
Title: Re: So...
Post by: Eamonnca1 on May 15, 2014, 08:23:48 PM
Sounds a bit like that thing they do in the north of England then.  Although they're more interested in the person they're talking about than the thing he's doing:

"I live in Manchester, me."

"You must be loaded, you."

"He's bloody fast, him."