Um-- slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean

Book • 2007

Mentioned by

Mentioned by Stephen Dubner, who read a quote from it regarding the advent of voice recording and the awareness of filler words like 'um'.

Mentioned by

Mike Carruthers

in relation to the origins and prevalence of speech disfluencies like "um," "ah," and "you know."

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