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Episode: 0637 – Umm, Err, Well, Kinda
Description: 2022.09.29 – 0637 – Umm, Err, Well, Kinda Filler wordsIt’s easy for your ad-libs, conversations and questions to be littered with verbal crutches (properly called ‘disfluencies’):· Sounds - such as “err”, “OK”, “umm”· Words and phrases - “y’know”, “I mean”, “you know what I mean”, “kind of thing”, “actually”, “basically”, “literally”, “right”, “sort of”, “so”[1] and the like. And indeed, “like”. [2] When Do We Use Filler Words?We use fillers in different situations:· “I’m looking for the right word or phrase” – you’re thinking as you are speaking and so searching for just the right word to use. · “I’m being c...