[Ditter]

So like, when someone says “so”, OK, like, every few words OK, that like, bothers you? So, what are you, OK, like picky? Right?

There are things that bother me a whole lot more than “so”.

The interview with Caroline Kennedy comes to mind, OK?

[Vigilanteman]

I was taught that a preposition is a bad thing with which to end a sentence with.

LOL! Fixed it and saved type in the process.

Seriously, though, I didn't even realize I punctuated my sentences with OK like a longshoreman does with the f--- word. It came to my attention when I got a part-time job teaching English in Japan back in 1988. My family was still stateside at the time awaiting visas and transportation over. I needed something to fill evenings and weekends and these jobs were fairly easy to come by back then, especially if you spoke fairly passable Japanese, which I did.

So next thing I know, my classes are fairly full and the students are saying "OK" every few words. I resolved then and there to get rid of that speech habit and have never gone back.

I think it was kind of like parents who gave up smoking cold turkey when they discovered their kids were mimicking them.