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		ggm 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Greek Particles (1990) A.k.A hesitation markers, non-lexical vocables, disfluence or nonfluence, filler.. It's entertaining how many different labels uh, well kinda um.. names I guess, er, anyway how many er ways to say these thingamabobs there, er, well are. Wikipedia posits that even neanderthals might have said Ummm.

readthenotes1 8 months ago | [–]

Don't keep us hanging, what might the Neanderthals have said?

veqq 8 months ago | [–]

> A.k.A hesitation markers, non-lexical vocables, disfluence or nonfluence, filler

It's satirical.

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