OK, So Never Start A Sentence With These 10 Words . . ., by Laura Bergells, MANIACTIVE All About Presentation

http://maniactive.com/blog/ok-so-never-start-a-sentence-with-these-10-words/536

No offense, but I recently had to leave a lecture because the speaker began every other sentence with either ‘So…’ or ‘Alright, so…’

His information may have been spectacular, but after a half hour, I felt too distracted to listen anymore. When your audience starts playing a mental drinking game based on taking a sip every time you say “so” and downing the whole glass every time you begin a sentence with the word “so” — and they’re hammered in 5 minutes — you might want to face the problem.

Saying ’so’ is so over.