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The 'so' phenomenon is definitely in society at large -- people can't seem to start any strech of conversation or answer a question without starting with 'so'. Gene On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:19 AM, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 3/12/2014 10:58 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote: > >> Finally, there's major television news, which, among other things, can't >> seem to sync the audio with the video and a person's lips either lead or >> follow the audio signal. Pathetic, especially for the news. >> > > Not necessarily the news -- I find that *many* television broadcasts have > the audio out-of-synch with the video. Apparently the networks (including > PBS, which used to be at the forefront of tech) are sending the audio and > video from one place to another on different channels, with different > delays -- or do the A/D converters for video and audio have different > latencies? In any case, it's annoying. > > Going back to radio, I've noticed a linguistic shift happening on NPR > public affairsprograms (I don't listen to much radio other than NPR): when > answering a question, interviewees increasingly begin their answer with the > word "So", even when it's not appropriate. Is this happening on other, > non-NPR, broadcasts too, or in the society at large? > > Peace, > Paul >