Photographer credentials (Page 3): Um, it's the written equivalent to a spoken um or uh. It means, "I'm ready to type but don't know what I want to write."...

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

foathog wrote:

why do some people find it necessary to put "So" at the beginning of their sentences??

Um, it's the written equivalent to a spoken um or uh. It means, "I'm ready to type but don't know what I want to write."

Nikoneer

foathog wrote:

why do some people find it necessary to put "So" at the beginning of their sentences?? Do you know that you could leave it out and it would never be missed??

Yep, that's quite annoying. Worse, and if you'll listen carefully, newscasters and most commentators on TV simply cannot respond or answer a question without starting with a "So". The worst offenders are the highly educated. Once you notice this and your hearing becomes attuned to this intro, it will drive you crazy.

Thanks for opening the door so I could vent on this silly habit!

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

via the lens wrote:

So,... LOL I often do it as a slow lead-in...are you the grammar police today? This is another one of those "who cares" if we do things....

We once had a member that I referred to as the "Grammer Gestapo"; he's banned now.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

BHC wrote:

We once had a member that I referred to as the "Grammer Gestapo"; he's banned now.

There will always be reinforcements.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Nikoneer wrote:

Yep, that's quite annoying. Worse, and if you'll listen carefully, newscasters and most commentators on TV simply cannot respond or answer a question without starting with a "So". The worst offenders are the highly educated. Once you notice this and your hearing becomes attuned to this intro, it will drive you crazy.

Thanks for opening the door so I could vent on this silly habit!

So...., if the highly educated drive you up the wall, what do the uneducated masses do for you, you know, the ones that don't even know what part of speech, "SO", even is?!?!

SS

ChackbayGuy Loc: South Louisiana

SO, if no one could think of a comeback, would the world end?? Like, for sure!

blackest Loc: Ireland

jerryc41 wrote:

I wear a police uniform when I am taking pictures in questionable locations. Better safe than sorry.

I know a fella who wears a police style vest (buy at surplus) with the word photographer on the back. He's found it quite useful at demonstrations and such.

He's never said he works for the Police, or the local press but has found he gets no hassle wearing it. It's just assumed he is doing his job.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

foathog wrote:

why do some people find it necessary to put "So" at the beginning of their sentences?? Do you know that you could leave it out and it would never be missed??

So, your saying we could start sentences without using So. So, do you feel that's a good idea? So, you think we should all follow this advice? So, how do you really feel about this two letter word? What do you really have against it? I think I might start using it now. So, how do you feel about that?

chip94 Loc: Massachusetts

I have not shot at Richmond but I would guess that the blue vests are the ones handed out by the track to photographers from local papers, racing publications etc. At NHMS we get brown ones with NHMS and a number on the back.

NormanTheGr8 Loc: Racine, Wisconsin

SO why do some people find it necessary to put "So" at the beginning of their sentences??

NormanTheGr8 Loc: Racine, Wisconsin

blackest wrote:

I know a fella who wears a police style vest (buy at surplus) with the word photographer on the back. He's found it quite useful at demonstrations and such.

He's never said he works for the Police, or the local press but has found he gets no hassle wearing it. It's just assumed he is doing his job.

I would think that it might make him a target at today's violent protests , maybe put CNN on the back nobody pays any attention to CNN

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

NormanTheGr8 wrote:

I would think that it might make him a target at today's violent protests , maybe put CNN on the back nobody pays any attention to CNN

Recently at a right to speech rally turned violent in the South many MEDIA persons were targeted if they were taking images BOTH SIDES did not want published. Same thing happened to us when I shot for UPI (united press international) at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago 1968. We were targeted by the Chicago Police and our camera's (if caught, some officers couldn't run very fast or far) were smashed. Some of us were even hit with night sticks. It got so bad UPI issued us Kodak Instamatics to complete our assignments.

cthahn

Those are just picture takers that are as phony as a three dollar bill.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

rpavich wrote:

So why do people put two question marks at the end of their sentences when one will do it?

So why do people start one sentence without using a capital letter and the other sentence with a capital letter?

Unfortunately, the "English" used by many on UHH goes way beyond
things like the "So" issue. It is often simply awful. If people would do no
more than read what they wrote before clicking "Send" it would probably
be a big improvement. >Alan

Dannj

foathog wrote:

why do some people find it necessary to put "So" at the beginning of their sentences?? Do you know that you could leave it out and it would never be missed??

Yeah! What's wrong with those people? And while we're at it, why do some people NOT capitalize the first word in a sentence? I mean, where's this world goin'!?!? 😊