Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[visualnickmos]

So who started the annoying habit of starting a sentence - especially an answer - with "so", and why?

Apologies if this has already been raised. Searching for "so" is a thankless task.

It's really no different from using "Alors" in French

So, there we are - voila!

[jean]

Or Allora in Italian...

[vinteuil]

It's really no different from using "Alors" in French

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... so there you have it.

In French I like starting sentences with "Or, ... " rather than "Alors, ... "

[Serial_Apologist]

It's really no different from using "Alors" in French

So, there we are - voila!

I always thought "D'ailleurs" meant dalliers.

[vinteuil]

I always thought "D'ailleurs" meant dalliers.

So, not 'dahlias'?

[Serial_Apologist]

So, not 'dahlias'?

Not even in flowery French!

[french frank]

I think nowadays it's used slightly differently, inasmuch as it used to mean, 'So, taking up where we'd left off', 'So, going back to that point' &c. Now it doesn't seem to connect with anything. Just a phatic: 'I'm now going to say something …'

[ahinton]

So, not 'dahlias'?

Or even Delius, who ended his days in France?

[Serial_Apologist]

Or even Delius, who ended his days in France?

From d'ailleurs to Delius - one short ride in a fast forum!

[ahinton]

From d'ailleurs to Delius - one short ride in a fast forum!

Oh, now you're introducing dollars into it!

[mangerton]

I think nowadays it's used slightly differently, inasmuch as it used to mean, 'So, taking up where we'd left off', 'So, going back to that point' &c. Now it doesn't seem to connect with anything. Just a phatic: 'I'm now going to say something …'

Yes, this is what I was trying to get at. Thanks, ff.

[Padraig]

So. I half heard an ad on television. The punch line was -Do the maths. I thought - that doesn't sound right; it should be do the math. Have the Americans scored this time?
Go figure.

[Nick Armstrong]

So. I half heard an ad on television. The punch line was -Do the maths. I thought - that doesn't sound right; it should be do the math. Have the Americans scored this time?
Go figure.

Way to go, Paddy





Hate "way to go" ... or rather, "wayda go" which is how it comes out.

[Nick Armstrong]

And another thing! ... Why can't people from the US (especially, I think, the West Coast) pronounce "Congratulations"?

It's always

"Congraddddulations"

[Beef Oven!]

And another thing! ... Why can't people from the US (especially, I think, the West Coast) pronounce "Congratulations"?

It's always

"Congraddddulations"

This will help them......