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Google Speak

I asked a Googler if we would be able to stay in corporate housing for more than a month. A blunt answer in plain english would be, “No, but we can make exceptions in rare circumstances.” What I got was, “Soooo…. [softens the blow] we really encourage our new hires to find a place within a MONTH and we think this enables enough time to…” and so on. In short, the “soooo…” strategically starts the sentence and implied a negative response with a softened blow. There is no “yes” or “no” sentence constructors, everything begins with “soo…”