# So, the use of the word "So" in the US.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-use-of-the-word-so-in-the-us/709278>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-use-of-the-word-so-in-the-us/709278 "2015-01-08T00:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-use-of-the-word-so-in-the-us/709278/61 "2015-01-13T23:30:22Z")

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> [@guizot](#):
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> Remember, we’re specifically talking about answering an interviewer’s query. Imagine a conversation like this:
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> \*A: Do you come here often?  
> B: So I come by from time to time, after work.  
> A: Yeah, me too. What do you do?  
> B: So I’m a cashier.  
> A: Really? Where?  
> B: So I work at the boutique up the street.  
> A: Cool. I like that place. What’s it called again?  
> B: So it’s called “Y Que?”  
> A: Right! I can never remember it. Have you been there long?  
> B: So I started there last August.  
> A: Nice. Haven’t I seen you at the college?  
> B: So yes, I’m a student, too.  
> A: Yeah, me too. What do you study?  
> B: So I study theater.  
> \*
> 
> _ **This** _ is what’s new. _ **This** _ is the way that interviews on TV and radio are starting to sound like, MORE and MORE.
> 
> Can you see how this is distinct?

Yes guizot, I hear it a lot on NPR and interviews on TV. I usually dismiss the speaker as being influenced by a certain segment of the population raised in the San Fernando Valley during the 70’s.

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