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“Um”, “uh”, “mm” and the use of filler sounds and words Posted by on Jul 5, 2012

In my last post (on July 3rd) I included a video from You Tube with a women talking about making a cake.  In that video the woman used the sound “um” many times.  What is this “um”?  It is technically called a filler word or filler sound, which is an expression of hesitation or pause…

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