Can these people be subject to private prosecutions? Or maybe deportation?
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Iâll admit, Iâm guilty of this on occasion.
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Oh, Matty, Matty, Matty⌠what are we going to do with you?
Iâm in my native country, which means I canât be deported.
So,âŚprosecute or just put up with me 
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There are so many misuses of language and grammar that make me cringe. Some of them are âto/tooâ, âthen/thanâ, âthere/theirâ, saying âpeakedâ instead of âpiquedâ or âmuteâ instead of âmootâ, using âwhichâ as a conjunction (very common in the US), and on and on.
Iâm by no means an expert at the English language but if one speaks only one language then one should make an attempt to speak it correctly.
Whatâs embarrassing however is that my laptopâs keyboard sucks big time and sometimes it types two of the same character and if that does not get autocorrected then it remains in my writing. An example is âtooâ when I really wanted to type âtoâ. Yikes! 
So - It seems weâve had an annoying visitor then ? 
Text speak: âurâ instead of âyou areâ or âyouâreâ. Even worse is âurâ instead of âyourâ.
This list could go on and on.
hey man so my post just got hidden, so just wanted to let you know! the guy who created the miracle bot
This forum is full of new traders trying to learn the ropes. Theyâre going to lose enough money on their own, they donât need extra help from people like you.
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Its what Iâm hearing more and more through the media.
It might be just a reflexive verbal âtickâ like âErrrâŚâ or âErmâŚâ but I have to feel that some people are trying to sound younger and dare I say it more American than they actually are.
So I, too, had noticed an increasing tendency to be responded to with answers starting with âsoâ, so I searched why.
P.S. Sorry if my âsoâ is interpreted as somewhat condescending, but I sometimes feel that myself, even though it is meant to âengender a feeling of caring by the respondent to the requestorâ. To avoid any doubt, I donât care about you, but I respect you for the content and meaning of your posts. They contribute to my learning. 
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Its use has definitely been adopted in Blighty recently. I hear it most from either subject specialists on political subjects (eg Covid-19 press releases) or those in traditional management posts wishing to make their audience believe they âhave a grasp of what is important about the topic but not necessarily a specialist deeper understandingâ. Could just be me, but as soon as they say âSoâŚâ even with a very slight pause, my mind adjusts to âaccept the rest of this sentence with a degree of caution knowing it has been rehearsed as a canned response to the same question asked by another person earlierâ. And âdoes this âsoâ person want to fob me off with a canned response, and will I learn anything, or do I switch off nowâ?
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Iâll happily take âsoâ over âlikeâ and upspeak any day. 
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Might this kitty suggest crucifixion? 
Purrhaps social media and traditional media play a role in this. Keeping up with⌠dumb celebs makes people imitate even their mistakes and mannerisms. 
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The one American bastardisation of the English language that has infuriated me, is when a person wishes to order a drink in a pub.
"Can I get ?
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Furthermore, (I like Damon Runyon) the Australian intonation is irritating and creeping in, were every sentence sounds like a question.
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âNeighboursâ has got a lot to answer for.
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Whatâs the angst against âsoâ?! Itâs just convenient.
Convenientâs an odd description.
Mostly I donât like it because its a needless affectation which sounds modern, youthful and American. But I suppose therefore it actually is convenient - for identifying the people you meet who are not modern, youthful or American but who think it would be good to sound as if they are.
(I have nothing against the modern American youth, as long as they donât start to talk like me)
Wait whatâs wrong with that 
How should it be done then? 