On Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:47:34 GMT, Johnny B Good
wrote:

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Starting a sentence with "So" is a totally unnecessary and annoying
affectation. If you need a source of interview material overburdened by
guests who respond with this affectation, just watch any of the "Sky at
Night" programmes made during the past decade. You can virtually
guarantee that *every* 'expert's' response to a question will commence
with the word "So,". It's as if all the experts that appear on the
programme are afflicted with a very specific (and rather boring) form of
"Tourettes".

The other one that seems prominent these days is the mispronunciation
of the letter 'H', even on TV adverts advertising the like of HP, or
describing a TV program as being in 'haitchD'. ;-(

It's as if people think that "aitch" is some form of slang / slack
pronunciation and so sounding the 'h' thinking that is better /
correct?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

http://www.whichenglish.com/Better-E...-or-aitch.html


Cheers, T i m