[VietVet]

‘...”So” as an interjection.’

The use of ‘so’ or a similar word as an interjection is very old in the English language. The very first word in the Old English poem “Beowulf” is ‘Hwat!’, which is used much like ‘So!’. Some times, poets and writers used ‘Lo!’ in the same way.

[sparklite2]

Some times, poets and writers used ‘Lo!’ in the same way.

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I would have used ‘sometimes.’ My poor old dwindling
eyesight originally read your sentence as ...

Some times, poets and writers used ‘LoL’ in the same way.

I thought, “Who knew?”