Modern sayings that you disagree with?

horseless carriage said:
"So I bought a pair of Jeans from the All American Clothing Company."
The above sentence is constructed incorrectly, yet so many do it. The word "so" is a conjunction, it's a joining word, like its cousins, and, if, & because. Starting a sentence with a conjunction is, at best, lazy. At worse it's grammatically ignorant.
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I've been known to write start sentences with conjunctions. It's how people speak in conversations. Or at least the people I know. (See what I did there?)

"And then what happened?" is common.
As are:
"But wait a sec - are we all going in one car?"
"So are you coming, too?"
 

StarSong said:
I more often say it to myself, rather than to others - helps me avoid adding drama.

When I HAVE said it to others, the context is, "Don't worry about the error you made or the situation you're (we're) in: it is what it is. Now let's see if we can figure out a good way to go forward."
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Context is crucial. ALL the context for most all verbal communication: Who is saying what to whom in what setting regarding what mental, emotional, physical issue? Those factors matter.
 
Wren said:
‘Lessons will be learnt’ usually following some heartbreaking child abuse case, everybody knows that no lessons are ever learnt …..
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What amazes me about this saying, is that the person, or usually an organisation, doesn't say this until after a long drawn out public inquiry.

The phrase then seems to suggest that no lessons have been learned by the organisation during the inquiry, but "...will be learnt" at a later date. I find that when this phase or saying is used, my faith in that organisation's integrity is significantly diminished further.

It seems to me to be a phrase used in post crisis retoric. Where the organisation saying it had deliberately overlooked the glaringly obvious that resulted in a public inquiry or court case in the first place. And where often every obstacle is put in place to not learn the lessons that they say will be learnt.

Its usually said by an organisation that may or may not default their responsibility and ownership of their incompetence to a later date? When they later bring people with integrity into the organisation.
 
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WheatenLover said:
I don't like it when someone uses gift as a verb. I guess *gave* just didn't have the right ring to it.

I cringe when I hear someone say "I am so excited *for* X instead of *about* X.

I hated it when news readers said *an* history, instead of *a* history.

And today, I am the *asterisk* lady.
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I do not like ANY nouns turned into verbs; maybe you saw my post saying I loathe the word "journaling."
 
Two redundant words. Once I started hearing them, I couldn’t stop focusing on them.

AT. This is where I am at.

GOT. I have got to go.
 
horseless carriage said:
"So I bought a pair of Jeans from the All American Clothing Company."
The above sentence is constructed incorrectly, yet so many do it. The word "so" is a conjunction, it's a joining word, like its cousins, and, if, & because. Starting a sentence with a conjunction is, at best, lazy. At worse it's grammatically ignorant.
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Yes, this is normal spoken English. The "missing" clause is implied from common experience and situation.

It is a very generalized clause meaning "I was shopping with Mabel today" or "I had birthday cash from Grandma burning a hole in my pocket" etc.

I can see how it might sound awkward or confusing to an outsider, but it isn't written speech for general publication.
 
Wren said:
‘Lessons will be learnt’ usually following some heartbreaking child abuse case, everybody knows that no lessons are ever learnt …..
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I just don't get the fascination with crime and fear porn. No wonder people have some... strange views on humanity. They insist on wallowing in misery until it's amplified to clinical levels of anxiety that gets set off every time a mouse farts.
 
dilettante said:
I just don't get the fascination with crime and fear porn. No wonder people have some... strange views on humanity. They insist on wallowing in misery until it's amplified to clinical levels of anxiety that gets set off every time a mouse farts.
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Ouch, well that will teach me to keep out of the forums, how dare I make the effort to take part?….seems we have another self opinionated sanctimonious ass on Senior Forums !
 
dilettante said:
Yes, this is normal spoken English. The "missing" clause is implied from common experience and situation.

It is a very generalized clause meaning "I was shopping with Mabel today" or "I had birthday cash from Grandma burning a hole in my pocket" etc.

I can see how it might sound awkward or confusing to an outsider, but it isn't written speech for general publication.
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Yes, for the same reason that "Stop." is a complete sentence because "you" is understood.
 
WheatenLover said:
It means you parents don't want you to get divorced, or change careers, or whatever. Essentially, they want you to suffer.
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"You made your bed now sleep in it"

Meaning: choices have consequences - good and bad. Kids gradually learn that to redo or undo involves taking steps to effect changes. No fairy godmother will fly in, bonk you on the head with her magic wand, and fix your life.

Unhappy marriage? Options are: get divorced, figure out how to make it work, or suffer. But either move forward or shut up and stop complaining.
Poor career choice? Live with the new job or start hunting for a new one. Ditto on the moving forward/shutting up/complaining.
Don't get along with your neighbors? Move or figure out how to fix it. See above on shutting up.

We're all happy to listen to people's journeys as they resolve difficult situations. It's the endless whining with no changes in sight that wear out people's friends and families and cause them to say with exhaustion: "You made your bed, now sleep in it."
 
I think a lot of correct grammatical sentences typed are getting changed by "autocorrect". I will type a perfectly good sentence, hit send and re-read it and think wait a minute, "I didn't type that, that isn't what I wanted to say, that doesn't even make sense"
 
I think people stay unhappy in marriages and jobs because change can be overwhelming for some. "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know". So stay miserable and shut up about it. You have a choice.
 
"I am not going to chase that statement down the rabbit hole?" So, I give up. What does that mean? I have a good idea, but don't want to express it and be wrong.

Another one is, "That train left the station long ago." I actually like this one, but it's kind of daffy.

How about a little joke my little niece told me on Thanksgiving Day. This cost me $5. She said she wanted to bet me a dollar she could make me smile and I was dumb enough to take her up on the bet.
Q: "What's the difference between God and an airplane pilot?"
A: "God doesn't think he's an airline pilot."
I reached into my pocket and took out my money clip and I didn't have a dollar bill because I save all change and dollar bills. I told her I would pay her later when I got change because the smallest bill I had was a $5 bill. She grabbed the $5 bill and told me she would give me the change when she got it. This from an 11 year old little girl. (I don't expect to ever see the $4.)
 
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