"Filler" Words... ARGH!!!

[Theo]

One of my lecturers at uni used to use "you know" all the time... I started to keep track on how many times he said it during a 1 hour lecturer.. 70 odd times if i remember correctly. That's more than once a minute!!!! He was bloody annoying... each week it was the same too.

One of my lecturers says "Yeah?" after every sentence..

"So we try to present the work in a formal manner, yeah? So make sure you're dressed smartly, yeah?"

or

"This is a project from one my students from last semester, yeah? I'm not sure if you can see this at the back, so I'll leave it at the front at the end of the lecture, yeah? The work in this project is of high quality, yeah? And the student got quite a good mark for it, yeah?"

I'm not even taking the michael, here... this is actually how she presents during lectures :/

[TiG]

Superflous (sp) words are used by us to highlight a point, TO try and make it sound more important than it is, Its usually done by people that are trying to prove a point, These sort of things can be like Trig's swearing this F**King thing isn't working, when this thing isn't working is fine.

Its a confidence thing, I find myself adding spacers to give myself more time to think about the next thing i'm going to say. If i didn't I'd be saying stuff I shouldn't to Clients. Though swearing usually isn't required

TiG

[Howard]

I use f**k as a filler word, I swear way too much....

Me too

I also say "to be honest" and "basically" far too much too

[gss03]

One of my lecturers at uni used to use "you know" all the time... I started to keep track on how many times he said it during a 1 hour lecturer.. 70 odd times if i remember correctly. That's more than once a minute!!!! He was bloody annoying... each week it was the same too.

OMG I had a teacher that did this.....his phrase was *and things like this*...A couple of us counted him one afternoon in a 1 1/2 hour class..and we managed over 100 repetitions !

[[GSV]Trig]

I think it was you at the LAN that told me i swear tooooo much trig.
Seems to be only when im trying to tell a story

Class

Maybe its thats dodgy accent of yours just made it sound like u were swearin all the time

[Sair33]

I'm sure we're all guilty of it to a certain extent, but there are some people who do it CONSTANTLY without even realising. I think Tig is right, it is a confidence thing. The person in question doesn't do it in "everyday" speak, only when she's in a meeting with customers. Makes me cringe every time!

[Zak33]

filler words....come out of my mouth so fast you wont know it.....

after 28 cups of coffee....I can use the dictionary twice in under a minute

and Trig....some of us can swear and no one is offended....

I can....so can you...and Billy Connolly....so there's three of us.

My language on PAPER is dire...but you watch/hear me and my Mum going at it hammer and tongs....maybe telling a joke or arguing....

its a literary feast

[Theo]

its a literary feast

Like the kids on Dawsons Creek? My word they speak like a bleeding Mills and Boon novel without the lalala... it's ridiculous

[Slick]

I had a lecturer before christmas who allways use to say a quiet "ok?" at the end of EVERY sentence, or if he was making 2 points in a sentence he'd say "ok?" between each one. I once made a tally and he said it over 80 times in an hour. To start with it was funny but then if just got annoying.

[Rave]

I find it anoying, especially people who say "obviously" all the time. No mate, if it was obvious I wouldn't be ****ing asking would I? Still, I do a bit of filling myself, I think everyone does. Pretty sure I do it less if I'm in a meeting than if I'm just chatting.

What really really annoys me is people who say every sentence as if it was a question. Australian Question Intonation I think it's called. "Yesterday I went to the pub? For a drink? With my friends?" Stoppit you ****s!

Rich :¬)

[Sair33]

What really really annoys me is people who say every sentence as if it was a question. Australian Question Intonation I think it's called. "Yesterday I went to the pub? For a drink? With my friends?" Stoppit you ****s!

Yeah, questioning intonation, that drives me nuts too!! I always remember Stephen Fry on Room 101 putting that in... YEAH!