"So"

[FernandoV]

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Has anyone noticed that, in the medical and scientific communities, the word "so" is used extremely often as a sentence opener in conversation. I realized this first when working in a lab for a year. Everyone in the lab was always like "so, this is what we found" and "so, did you work it out?" When I started med school, I noticed that a lot of people do this also. What's the deal with this? Why can't these people just start saying something without using "SO"? Can someone help me out here or at least acknowledge that I'm not alone in my observation?

 

[CoffeeCat]

So it's common in the medical/scientific community, but is it really different than the way other people speak? 😉

 

[AStudent]

So what are you saying?

 

[closertofine]

haha, before you posted this thread, I'd just started a thread with "so..."

guess that means I really AM a med student now! 😛

 

[AOne]

haha, before you posted this thread, I'd just started a thread with "so..."

guess that means I really AM a med student now! 😛

so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so
so sorry, i couldn't resist the urge 😛

shall we propose another word to use then? let us begin a movement!

 

[it.]

ummm, not always

 

[FernandoV]

So it's common in the medical/scientific community, but is it really different than the way other people speak? 😉

Prior to working inthe lab, I definitely did not hear it nearly as much as I did in the lab. In the lab, it literally started about 80% of people's phrases.

 

[MadameLULU]

So...tell me about yourself
I got that the other day from a med student...

 

[Rzarecta]

ummm, not always

 

[Medikit]

Saying "So" is actually really common in general. On one of the forums that I post there were so many threads starting with "So" that the Mods now take the "So" and put it at the end of the title. For example, "So, my friend just got run over by a Zamboni" becomes "My friend just got run over by a Zamboni... SO!!??!!?"