MrRobot@lemmy.world to English usage and grammar@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agoHow do you call the words a speaker uses when he is nervous, like "um", "ah", "like"?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up18file-text
arrow-up18message-squareHow do you call the words a speaker uses when he is nervous, like "um", "ah", "like"?MrRobot@lemmy.world to English usage and grammar@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
In my native language there’s a word for that kind of words, but I’m not sure how they are called in english.
minus-squareMoonguide@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoCrutches, in my language. We got our collective ears chewed out about it by a hard ass teacher in school. I think I don’t use crutches no more, but I could be wrong.
Crutches, in my language. We got our collective ears chewed out about it by a hard ass teacher in school. I think I don’t use crutches no more, but I could be wrong.