The word "So." (Curmudgeon Corner)

[David Morris]

So is "So" a frame or official start of a statement? Could it easily be
replaced by "Lo?"

On Thursday, September 15, 2016, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, you wanted to be a musician....
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:41 AM, kelber at mindspring.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kelber at mindspring.com');> <
> kelber at mindspring.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kelber at mindspring.com');>> wrote:
>
>> There's the Yiddish "nu," but in my experience, it's usually combined
>> with "so." Nu, so ...  or So, nu ...
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
>>
>>
>> Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mark.kohut at gmail.com');>> wrote:
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>> A--And........another bit of wonderful ingenuity from TRP...
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:38 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ummm...
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 7:28 AM, Protomen <protomen at protonmail.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','protomen at protonmail.com');>> wrote:
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>>>> Well, I thought it had always been so...
>>>> Say, what other words would you sacrifice as openers? Dig back to
>>>> ifaith, hwaet?
>>>> Yo why not steal one from another language, French had adonc, orça, now
>>>> "du coup" (much-maligned I'm sure)... or maybe just cut your losses.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Is it just me, or has "So," become as bad as "awesome? I hate awesome.
>>>> "So" is a curiosity.
>>>>
>>>> David Morris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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