I too have fallen befoul of the dreaded "So" at the start of a sentence but, I've been trying to correct it in written communications.
When I proof read before I hit send (and we all do that right?) I look for "So" at the start and in most cases I can delete it and capitalize the next word.
I can't think of anyone around me that uses "so" at the end, I'll need to listen more for it in conversations.
The word "like" repeated a number of times seems to be on the downturn. But I do have a favorite mentor that sometimes gets stuck and I'll get "You know the thing like the ummm the watcha ma thing like, you know like...." I just need to wait for the brain to catch up to the tongue and wait for "the red, long handled electrical crimp tool."
