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In amongst a blog article full of meanderings on things such as airline peanuts and teaching English, I found this little nugget:

Which brings me to my next point. Since when did “So"become the official way to begin a response? I’m a big fan of the podcasts on itconversations.com which records interviews and conferences with geeks and lets you listen to what they have to say without smelling their breath. But these people can absolutely not answer a question without starting it with with “So …” or “So … it turns out that” And it’s not only geeks; graduate students are also infected. It’s such a sick disease. Don’t you people understand how belittling it sounds? You don’t have to tell me “So … it turns out, little man, that the world is actually round” - just tell me it’s a freaking sphere. I think this should be official podcast (and grad school) etiquette: no starting responses with “So".

So … we should all maybe think about how we reply. Has “so” become the new “err” or “umm” ?

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