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| thekohser |
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I want this thread to be a video and audio clearinghouse of any instances of Wikipedians beginning statements or responses to questions with the word "So...". It annoys me.
Sue Gardner, on the Bookshelf Project Jimmy Wales, on Hayak Jimmy Wales, on Wikia as "rest of library" |
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| Somey |
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Can't actually moderate (or even post) Group: Moderators Posts: 11,816 Joined: From: Dreamland Member No.: 275 |
I used to have a pet peeve about people who would say, "that's so {whatever}" without a qualifying complementary clause. IOW, I'd be fine with "that's so funny I forgot to laugh," but it really bugged me when people would only say, "that's so funny." So funny... why? It's a qualifier, people! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/hrmph.gif)
Thankfully, these days I've got a new pet peeve, which I'd better not mention because then everybody will start doing it just to spite me. But it's something I keep hearing in movie and TV dialogue, and it's one of the main reasons why I'm going to cancel my DirecTV account pretty soon and not renew it, like, ever. Until they stop doing it, anyway. On Wikipedia they use templates to communicate with each other, so what do you expect, right? Standardization of common forms of expression (as opposed to specialized jargon, etc.) is an efficiency measure when your organization gets too large for its own good, but it's also something cults do. In WP's case I wouldn't read too much into it, but it's definitely annoying if you're exposed to it excessively. |
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| Lar |
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"His blandness goes to 11!" Group: Regulars Posts: 2,116 Joined: From: A large LEGO storage facility Member No.: 4,290 |
QUOTE(Somey @ Wed 14th April 2010, 2:32am)  Thankfully, these days I've got a new pet peeve, which I'd better not mention because then everybody will start doing it just to spite me. So...(mey) Tell me what it is! Tell me what it is! Tell me what it is! I promise not to do it. EVER! And I'm sure I speak for ALL of us on that. Not a troll in the bunch, I guar-un-tee it! |
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| thekohser |
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Member Group: Regulars Posts: 10,274 Joined: Member No.: 911 |
QUOTE(Lar @ Wed 14th April 2010, 9:23am) QUOTE(Somey @ Wed 14th April 2010, 2:32am) Thankfully, these days I've got a new pet peeve, which I'd better not mention because then everybody will start doing it just to spite me. So...(mey) Tell me what it is! Tell me what it is! Tell me what it is! I promise not to do it. EVER! And I'm sure I speak for ALL of us on that. Not a troll in the bunch, I guar-un-tee it! I'll bet it's one of the following: "That's besides the point..." "For all intensive purposes..." "Hey, can I go with?" |
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| gomi |
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,022 Joined: Member No.: 565 |
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 14th April 2010, 6:47am) "That's besides the point..." "For all intensive purposes..." "Hey, can I go with?" "That's a mute point." "These numbers don't jive". |
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thekohser Wikipedians starting responses with "So..." 
Lar So... what else annoys you? :lol: :grin: B` Zoloft "So I herd you liek Mudkipz..." Kevin So, nothing good on telly tonight in Kohsville? 
EricBarbour IOW, I'd be fine with "that's so funn... dtobias
I used to have a pet peeve about people who would... 
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I used to have a pet peeve about people who woul... RHeterodyne
Thankfully, these days I've got a new pet pee... Zoloft
[quote name='Somey' post='231505' date='Tue 13th ... Angela Kennedy
Thankfully, these days I've got a new pet pe... Sololol
[quote name='RHeterodyne' post='243531' date='Sat... Moulton My favorite pet peeve is when some bureaucracy vio... Jon Awbrey So many bees,
So little honey.
Jon :P victim of censorship
So many bees,
So little honey.
Jon :P
...so ma... A Horse With No Name
So many bees,
So little honey.
What a great quo... Milton Roe
So many bees,
So little honey.
What a great qu... Subtle Bee
[quote name='A Horse With No Name' post='237227' ... thekohser "So, um, what I'm going to talk about tod... thekohser A textbook case from Gina Bianchini.
Five respons... thekohser Okay, I think we have enough data points to begin ... Subtle Bee
The "So..." is an equalizer. A signal ... Milton Roe
Okay, I think we have enough data points to begin... CharlotteWebb I think it's more an attention foot-hold than ... Jon Awbrey
Okay, I think we have enough data points to begin... thekohser "Great, thank you. So[font=Trebuchet Ms], d... Emperor "Unsustainable"
It sounded cool for abo... Moulton So, what you're saying is that Wikipedia demon... thekohser Another data point. It's Horsey's gal-pal... thekohser From another thread, we find a long speech divided... anthony http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_...ours_... thekohser
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I hope that some of next year's $28.3... Kelly Martin Mark Liberman, of Language Log, notes that "l... Milton Roe
Mark Liberman, of Language Log, notes that ... thekohser Mods, would it be too much to ask that this thread... Milton Roe
Mods, would it be too much to ask that this threa... EricBarbour So.......
Would anyone like to spend some of that... thekohser
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Would anyone like to spend some of tha... EricBarbour Sorry, it's just a bit concerning that these t... zvook CbvEz3s1Xm4
onto a real winner here greg <_... thekohser "So, what I wanted to do today..."
wj4zu... EricBarbour Also, skip ahead to 9:20 to hear Sandra describe J... Detective
So, something to watch for in the next several mo... thekohser
So you're No one of consequence? :unsure: (li... Detective
So what's your point? Mine was that it... thekohser
So what's your point? Mine was that it... Detective
My point is that you're a big downer, "D... The Joy
[quote name='thekohser' post='284058' date='Sun 4... thekohser
Maybe you should just stop making silly attacks o... Kelly Martin Confirmation bias is a terrible thing. |
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