Many people for whom English is like their third language (coming from Russian or Ukrainian background specifically) tend to abuse “So,” as a sentence opener, l

Many people for whom English is like their third language (coming from Russian or Ukrainian background specifically) tend to abuse “So,” as a sentence opener, like other people may abuse “Well,”. Same thing with “…, no?”. More cultural than linguistic. I’ve also heard it’s a Mexican quirk, too. Still annoys me, but I can see where they’re coming from.