So... or welp

[The Boston Crab]

Which is the worst word to start a sentence ?


Example


So I was doing some fan art...


Welp lets play some d and d




Hope your back breaks

[kittens]

what is 'welp'

[Mrs Wogans lemon drizzle]

baby don't hurt me.

[a duncandisorderly]

don't hurt me

[Thursday]

So... I  think those words are fine ?

Welp, guess that means I'm a cunt then!

[the]

Where are you picking this stuff up, from your 'I'm A Twat' help group?

^;)

[ProvanFan]

Yeah no

[Thursday]

But okay, go off.

[Clownbaby]

Which is the worst word to start a sentence ?


Example


So I was doing some fan art...


Welp lets play some d and d




Hope your back breaks

Yeah I'm not keen on those. I'm not sure what welp is supposed to be. Is it meant to be a more curt/awkward version of "well"?

What annoys me the most is when people abuse "um..." at the start of something to make it more passive aggressive

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Where are you picking this stuff up, from your 'I'm A Twat' help group?

^;)

Think u ment welp mate.8.8 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8 8.8.8

[Clownbaby]

Oh oh also "meh" especially when people verbalise it

[samadriel]

Fuck, I cannot STAND 'meh'.

[Captain Z]

What is this I can't even

[Barry Admin]

Like... both pretty bad imo.

[BlodwynPig]

Speak properly; arseholes.

[Bennett Brauer]

"I mean..."

Particularly when they haven't said anything else yet.

[popcorn]

"I mean..."

Particularly when they haven't said anything else yet.

Yes

[The Boston Crab]

This whole discussion is just chef fingers

[popcorn]

It's not the same thing but I think it is a bit grim when Americans begin sentences with "Hell,".

[AllisonSays]

I've had to deliver a course of lectures at really short notice over the last few weeks which means going into classes wildly underprepared to expound on a topic I'm only slightly familiar with. Very anxiety-inducing. Anyway, in doing this - maybe because I am so underprepared - I've caught myself signalling changes in topic or in pace by saying "SOO" like some kind of kiai martial arts cry. I hate it, but I also can't stop doing it, even though I've drawn attention to it now by saying to the students "I'm sorry I keep doing that".

I think I do it sometimes in normal conversation to, less forcefully - "so, you were saying you've started a new job", "so, now your cat has been interned" or whatever - I don't think that's too bad, though, honestly. It's just a little lead-in to soften the impact of a direct question or statement.

[Dex Sawash]

It's not the same thing but I think it is a bit grim when Americans begin sentences with "Hell,".

Hell off you stinker

[flotemysost]

Is 'welp' an internet thing? I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually say it, only seen it written online. I always imagined it was meant to be a sort of mock-melodramatic squeal of anxiety or excitement, a bit like 'squee' but more generic, but I might be totally wrong (although I never really fully understood what that one meant either).

I'm guilty of 'I mean...'. I know it's meaningless (LOL!!!) filler, it's just a habit I've started to use in informal conversations, I suppose to make myself sound more grounded/reasonable or almost like saying 'look, this is just my opinion, I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just offering my thoughts and trying to help', so maybe it's an insecurity thing.

Actually, 'Look...' is another. Although I don't tend to start sentences with that one much.

Edit: Actually, 'Actually...' is also another. This will never end

[garnish]

"I'll bite, what is [xyz]"

[kittens]

i do 'i mean' and i have been saying 'so' cos my girlfriend does it and she's rubbed off on me. eh lads. still don't know what welp is though. I've seen it written but i always assumed it was misspelling of 'well'. if it isn't that, what is it.

[BlodwynPig]

Welp related to doggo?

[samadriel]

i do 'i mean' and i have been saying 'so' cos my girlfriend does it and she's rubbed off on me. eh lads. still don't know what welp is though. I've seen it written but i always assumed it was misspelling of 'well'. if it isn't that, what is it.

You're right, it's a misspelling of 'well', albeit a deliberate one.  I think it's supposed to capture the almost-sound of closing one's mouth immediately after saying 'well'.  What this signifies, I couldn't tell you, I've never been a fan.

[Twed]

Like... both pretty bad imo.

I find myself saying it occasionally, when my brain isn't in gear. There are some Americans who say it an unbelievable amount, three or more times per sentence. It starts to form a rhythm and becomes the most frustrating thing to listen to. Somehow worse when the speaker is intelligent.

"welp" is very 1999 for me. It's slang I associate with my early Internet usage. Filing it away with "hella" and Bomfunk MCs.

[zomgmouse]

Whooooooooo caaaaaaaaaaares

[a duncandisorderly]

"LOL NO".

fuck off. spell it properly. "the". or leave the keyboard.

[Twed]

"LOL NO" was a huge thing for a long time, wasn't it? And yet it is never really used anymore.