On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 13:57:58 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 11:01:38 on
Wed, 6 Jun 2018, Scott remarked:

So why do people insist on starting sentences with the word 'so'?

The give themselves another two seconds to think about what they are
going to say.

MIlliseconds surely?

It's a shorter version of "I'm glad you asked me that question".

But not as good as, 'What the audience really wants to know is ...'.