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coffeesp00ns · 3896 days ago · link · · parent · post: Tolkien's 90 year old unpublished Beowulf translation finally being released in May
I like the personable-ness (?) of "So." I mean, the tale of beowulf would have been told by bards around fires, or in loud mead-halls, or in dark taverns, not in formal settings. "So" is such a common-person way of getting a group's attention, or of starting a story with the rapt attention of all ears. It's not perfect, certainly, but I don't think it needs to be made bigger, more meaningful than what it is, a call for attention.