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Great article in Atlas Obscura about filled pauses (Jan 31, 2017)

The ums and uhs of yesteryear (Jan 27, 2017)

Wait, what? A written text can be disfluent, too? (Oct 3, 2015)

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@ShannonStamey "Um" and the like are called "filled pauses," which I know because my friend Ralph (@fildpauz) studi… https://t.co/cMbNPr8PBu — 3 weeks 5 days ago
Canadians don't breed well in captivity, so observation of their use of "eh" has to be made in the wild. https://t.co/0G6yCqAsCl @fildpauz — 35 weeks 2 days ago
My 4th grade teacher thumped me on the head with a pen for "laughing out of turn." She was a fantastic teacher, tho… https://t.co/r5Gn1clmII — 1 year 1 week ago