Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? - Lorenzo Garc a-Amaya
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Date: 2021-02-18
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Billy
you can count on me = you can count on me.
you um, can count on me = I am an accountable individual to many, including you.
you can, um, count on me = I am willing to offer a plethora of services to you, such as but not limited to being an accountable party.
you can count um, on me = recognizing you need somebody to count on, I am inserting myself to your service even though I do not usually do this for just anyone.
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you can count on me = you can count on me.
you um, can count on me = I am an accountable individual to many, including you.
you can, um, count on me = I am willing to offer a plethora of services to you, such as but not limited to being an accountable party.
you can count um, on me = recognizing you need somebody to count on, I am inserting myself to your service even though I do not usually do this for just anyone.
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Enchanted
I think there is an other purpose to hesitation:
Conveying emotion.
usually the different ways we say um. or like. can show whether we are focused, sad, disappointed, excited, bored, etc. When a person is really excited they might have more pauses in their speech as they are trying to rush what they want to say, a person that is sad or bored, might say loong and lifeless ummmmm. s.
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I think there is an other purpose to hesitation:
Conveying emotion.
usually the different ways we say um. or like. can show whether we are focused, sad, disappointed, excited, bored, etc. When a person is really excited they might have more pauses in their speech as they are trying to rush what they want to say, a person that is sad or bored, might say loong and lifeless ummmmm. s.
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Bravo
Nepali has jastai which is 'like' and hoina which is 'isn't it? '. There's probably more depending on the person tho.
My teacher while speaking english used yes or no, yes or no yes or no as discourse markers. After a certain amount of time we always learnt to disregard the yes or no part when she spoke.
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Nepali has jastai which is 'like' and hoina which is 'isn't it? '. There's probably more depending on the person tho.
My teacher while speaking english used yes or no, yes or no yes or no as discourse markers. After a certain amount of time we always learnt to disregard the yes or no part when she spoke.
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JinsanSama
And then you have teachers who count your ums and uhs when you give a presentation and downgrade your grade if you use too many. I always thought this was counterproductive and now I know a bit of the science as to why. Promise, I won't be doing that to my students as soon as I am allowed teaching.
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And then you have teachers who count your ums and uhs when you give a presentation and downgrade your grade if you use too many. I always thought this was counterproductive and now I know a bit of the science as to why. Promise, I won't be doing that to my students as soon as I am allowed teaching.
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Shawn
It's also a good way to communicate imprecision or uncertainty, which is important if you don't want to be mistaken for an authority on what you're saying. If asking for a favor, adding fillers can also communicate that the favor may be less important than if the fillers were not used.
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It's also a good way to communicate imprecision or uncertainty, which is important if you don't want to be mistaken for an authority on what you're saying. If asking for a favor, adding fillers can also communicate that the favor may be less important than if the fillers were not used.
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Vicarious
I know someone who although they do not stutter, often I can hear them, whether in a state of obvious state of aggravation and or attempting to accentuate a point will do this stuttering thing. At least I think that this is why they do this? Any studies on this phenomenon?
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I know someone who although they do not stutter, often I can hear them, whether in a state of obvious state of aggravation and or attempting to accentuate a point will do this stuttering thing. At least I think that this is why they do this? Any studies on this phenomenon?
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Gabriel
the excessive use of like is more of an indicator of cerebral numbness. I'm not a English native speaker and I can elaborate all my sentences without unnecessary likes. The same for my native language
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the excessive use of like is more of an indicator of cerebral numbness. I'm not a English native speaker and I can elaborate all my sentences without unnecessary likes. The same for my native language
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Bazooka
life hack. it makes you sound a LOT smarter if you dont say duh. uh. like. um. between pauses.
it actually comes of as astute to simply, mindfully pause while thinking of the right word.
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life hack. it makes you sound a LOT smarter if you dont say duh. uh. like. um. between pauses.
it actually comes of as astute to simply, mindfully pause while thinking of the right word.
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Rasenrangan68
funnily enough to get fluent in another language you actually have to learn how to um and uh because if your speech is more efficient than a native's you'll sound like a robot
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funnily enough to get fluent in another language you actually have to learn how to um and uh because if your speech is more efficient than a native's you'll sound like a robot
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