Utterances like um, wow, and mm-hmm aren’t garbage—they keep conversations flowing.

This is a somewhat interesting look at, like, how seemingly useless words outside of context function.

  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, I’ve (3 seconds later) uh … the real fun part is when you get the echo of your own voice just off enough to make it impossible to keep your train of thought.