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The Mystery and Occasional Poetry Of, Uh, Filled Pauses (atlasobscura.com)
2 points by jamager on April 4, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> Some have taken sentences full of “ums” and “uhs” and edited them out to find out if people react more positively to someone who doesn’t use them. (They do.)

compare https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39714485




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