# OK, so, why the "OK" and "So"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-the-ok-and-so/307754>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 10, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-the-ok-and-so/307754 "2005-06-10T16:36:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-the-ok-and-so/307754/21 "2005-06-10T18:45:34Z")

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Breaking News

MPSIMS and IMHO posts are not formal writing submissions.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-the-ok-and-so/307754/22 "2005-06-10T19:15:24Z")

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**Walloon**. . . **Anaamika**. . . play nice.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-the-ok-and-so/307754/23 "2005-06-10T19:20:17Z")

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Message boards are by nature “conversational,” in that we take conversatoinal “turns.” It’s not like you make one long post with all your ideas about one subject, and then shut up forever on that subject. You see how people respond, and then respond to the response. Also, starting a new thread is indeed, as stated above, a way of changing the subject in a conversation, in that a particular room, such as MPSIMS, is like a larger, more global conversation, and a new thread is like a new topic.

So, it’s normal, okay?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-the-ok-and-so/307754/24 "2005-06-10T21:04:56Z")

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> [@Johnny L.A.](#):
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> Brits seem to use ‘Right!’ sometimes to change subjects.

[Bill Cosby]  
Brits also say “I say!” but then they don’t say nuthin’!  
[/Bill Cosby]

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-why-the-ok-and-so/307754/25 "2005-06-10T22:09:42Z")

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> [@Walloon](#):
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> Breaking news: _subject titles_ aren’t conversations.

The subject titles on an internet thread an an \*invitation \* to a conversation. Thus, conversational in tone. Follow me so far?

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