So, the MVP Summit 2004

So what can I say?  Everything was under NDA.

So I did walk away from this experience with at least one public comment/question... Has anyone else observed that most Microsoft employees begin sentences with the word “so”?  Must have rubbed off on me (thus the start of this blog).  So if this persists (with me) I am putting the primary blame on Rob Howard.  His likely response?  So what!

So sorry

Published Thursday, April 08, 2004 12:47 AM by Palermo4
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# re: So, the MVP Summit 2004

Thursday, April 08, 2004 11:08 AM by Aviv Raff
So true.. :D

# re: So, the MVP Summit 2004

Thursday, April 08, 2004 9:15 PM by G. Andrew Duthie
So...this is, AFAICT, a result (either directly or indirectly) of speaker training provided by Microsoft's PR firm. The theory is that using something like "so" that's actually a word is much preferably to saying "um" or "er" when you need to pause to let your brain catch up with your mouth. :-)

But it's definitely something you really notice once you realize it's happening.

# re: So, the MVP Summit 2004

Sunday, April 11, 2004 10:21 PM by Jeffrey Palermo
Yep, I've caught on to that also. Quite interesting.

# re: So, the MVP Summit 2004

Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:41 PM by Tanveer Badar

Also, "folks" is more common than anyone's health would permit, e.g., read Brad Adams.

# So...

Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:48 PM by Palermo4 on MSDN

In one of my earliest blog posts ever , I made an observation about how Microsoft employees use the word

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