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[Humour] Starting a sentence with ' Look or Listen '
- Thread starter bha100
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I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone start a sentence with 'Look or listen'. Definitely odd.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
So, what shall we do about it?
AmexRuislip
Retired Spy 🕵️♂️
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Listen
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Look at me thread 
Aussie default to start a sentence with "look" when being interviewed on telly or answering a question. Never heard it here.
Look at me thread
Look at the birds flying. Listen to them sing.
So, I think we should do nothing, because it'll never take over from the unbreakable habit so many people now have of starting every sentence with 'So'.
bha100
Active member
- Aug 25, 2011
- 898
- Thread starter
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Even the Scots are doing it, around 38 seconds in was his 1st one when talking about the number 16
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54685122
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Declare war on Australia for starting this deplorable state of affairs perhaps?
studio150
Well-known member
Given the rising unemployment, there is a clear opportunity to get people back into work, while also providing retraining for many - Language Marshalls.
Anyone using Look or Listen at the start of a sentence, or the more serious offence of 'eh' in print, are placed on complusory OU Language courses, and can only stop going once they have a degree in English Language.
Anyone using Look or Listen at the start of a sentence, or the more serious offence of 'eh' in print, are placed on complusory OU Language courses, and can only stop going once they have a degree in English Language.
This was always something i associated with Australians but since the pandemic i have subconsciously started to do it quite frequently whilst answering someone.
I seems to have crept in over here now, unless i've not really noticed it before
I think it is very rude, personally.
banjo
GOSBTS
- Nov 3, 2015
- 3,460
Politicians, in particular Tony Blair, used to start sentences with "look" a lot when trying to get a point across to the thick populace. I found it incredibly annoying and condescending.
Who cares if someone starts a sentence with look, listen, so, or any other word? It's perfectly natural. Obama is often praised for his oratory skills and he loves an opening look. Speech bare of discourse markers sounds quite robotic, don't you think?