Big New York Times article on “so” lacks emotional rigor

Last week, The New York Times put forth a fascinating, well-researched article on why people are beginning sentences with "so." The piece quotes linguists who trace the use of "so" to the computer programmers' culture—and actually to Microsoft programmers.

But I found the lack of a heavy bag disappointing.

Hat tip to sis Piper for the steer to that egghead Times piece.