NormanD
Lunatic Asylum Escapee
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- Heworth the other side of life!
It's "Obviously" that's obviously is obvious in many an interview ..well obviously of course
So, that's that then....Nowt wrong with that or to use the word as part of a two-word answer such as 'So what?' It's when they begin with it implying they are talking down to the other person that particularly annoys me. Like they're saying, 'this is the definitive answer to your question/the debate at hand so look no further' which is so nauseating.
Seamus Heaney discusses his translation of Beowulf:
Conventional renderings of hwæt, the first word of the poem, tend towards the archaic literary, with ‘lo’, ‘hark’, ‘behold’, ‘attend’ and – more colloquially – ‘listen’ being some of the solutions offered previously. But in Hiberno-English Scullion-speak, the particle ‘so’ came naturally to the rescue, because in that idiom ‘so’ operates as an expression that obliterates all previous discourse and narrative, and at the same time functions as an exclamation calling for immediate attention. So, ‘so’ it was:
So. The Spear-Danes in days gone byand the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.We have heard of those princes’ heroic campaigns.
Seamus Heaney starts his Beowulf with it. He explains:
'Conventional renderings of hwæt, the first word of the poem, tend towards the archaic literary, with ‘lo’, ‘hark’, ‘behold’, ‘attend’ and – more colloquially – ‘listen’ being some of the solutions offered previously. But in Hiberno-English Scullion-speak, the particle ‘so’ came naturally to the rescue, because in that idiom ‘so’ operates as an expression that obliterates all previous discourse and narrative, and at the same time functions as an exclamation calling for immediate attention. So, ‘so’ it was:
"So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by
and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.
We have heard of those princes’ heroic campaigns." '
For fark's sake. I'm off!So, TMN to winjim, probably a double pointer as its quite an extensive one.
I'm a cut and paste ninjaFor ****'s sake. I'm off!