[Thank You Rush]

That can’t be a correct transcript because she NEVER answers a question without “SO” at the beginning!!!

Another horrible habit that’s infected the populace - as bad or worse than “you know.”

You know?

[DLfromthedesert]

Right?

[drSteve78]

You know?

So, like, you know, you so right, like, You know?

[econjack]

If people under the age of 30 had the word “like” struck from their vocabulary, most would be mute.

[Buttons12]

“SO” at the beginning!!!
Another horrible habit that’s infected the populace

It is horrible. The other horror is when they begin with "I mean." If it's the first thing you say, you haven't meant anything!!

Give me an old-fashioned "well" or even an "uh."

While I'm at it, "said" and "thought" have been replaced with "am/are/is like." And upspeak. "She said two plus two is four? and I'm like, that's your truth? I mean, some people? they're like, it's five?"

Even Tucker Carlson talks this way. I appreciate his thoughts (usually) but the delivery makes me wince.