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#1263886 20-Mar-2015 10:34

My Grandmother used filler words to combat a speech impediment and I have known others to use the technique

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#1263946 20-Mar-2015 11:30

There are lots of 'fillers' people use that annoy me, but I am one of those people who picks up on any habit or fault and gets wound up by it....even my own ones. My missus is a horror for using 'you know....you know..' I always respond with 'I don't know' half way through her talking, If she is not doing that then it's 'I was like she was like I was like so she was like' to which I ask 'what were you like and what was she like?'. She does know I only do it top try and get her to break the habit. Her sister takes 'like' to such an extreme that at one point mid conversation she said 'she was like going on about it and like, like, like, she didn't know what she was on about'......that made me so confused and amazed at the same time. I also have a cow-orker who literally does everything literally all the time. literally.
I could go on about such things all day.

On the topic of use of 'retard', I had a bad car crash when I was 17 that I almost did not survive, it left me with some brain/neck/nerve damage that didn't heal to well due to 'regenerative retardation of nerves'....basically my left side isn't to keen on responding to my brain. Enough therapy and training has got me to a stage where most people would never know I had any issue...I am now at a stage where it is pretty much like the 'pat your head and rub your belly at the same time' kind of thing, I can move my left side but there is still a sense of it not really wanting to do it easily.
Whenever I have a 'moment' and I walk into something or drop something...or just plain air high-five something I was aiming to touch or pick up, I find my self mumbling 'oh my days you retard'....quite a few times people have launched in to me for using that word but like reclaiming a word as my own...I am half retarded...stupid limbs!

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#1264123 20-Mar-2015 15:19

I always thought it was a verbal pause. I was told not to use them, take a breath instead. Our sports stars are often the worst for it, but then, I often wonder why they interview them at all really, particularly before or during matches.

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#1265711 23-Mar-2015 13:20

(based on actual events)

Teen (anxious about being late for something (due to ignoring 6 warnings to get ready to leave)): "Can you pop the trunk?"

Parent: "The what?"

"Can you open the trunk please"

"There's an elephant? I like elephants - where is it?"

"No! Can you open the trunk of this car?"

"This car doesn't have trunk because it's not in America. It does have a boot"

"OK. Can you like open the boot?"

"Sure, who do you wish me to open it like? Perhaps like Kanye?"

"What?"

"You asked me to 'like open the boot'. Like means similar. Or did you want me to enjoy opening the boot? Like can also mean enjoy. Which did you mean? I'm not cool enough to open the boot like Kanye. It would be easier for me enjoy opening the boot. Although, to be honest I would only be pretending to enjoy opening it. I guess that would be like liking opening the boot"

"You're such a dick! Like means like how something actually is, what it's actually like"

"Sigh. Why do we pay 'donations' to that school"

[expletive ridden teen tantrum]

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#1265911 23-Mar-2015 15:11

Thinking about this topic a little more, it reminded me of a lawyer that I met who did not have a bad filler word habit, which was equally confusing.

It sounds strange. But he would be in the middle of a sentence, but instead of adding a filler word to indicate he was thinking and that his line of conversation was going to continue, he would sit there staring in to space not talking and all of a sudden, chime in again. It was quite bizarre and awkward at times.

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#1265921 23-Mar-2015 15:19

MikeAqua: (based on actual events)
Teen (anxious about being late for something (due to ignoring 6 warnings to get ready to leave)): "Can you pop the trunk?"
Parent: "The what?"
"Can you open the trunk please"
"There's an elephant? I like elephants - where is it?"
"No! Can you open the trunk of this car?"
"This car doesn't have trunk because it's not in America. It does have a boot"
"OK. Can you like open the boot?"
"Sure, who do you wish me to open it like? Perhaps like Kanye?"
"What?"
"You asked me to 'like open the boot'. Like means similar. Or did you want me to enjoy opening the boot? Like can also mean enjoy. Which did you mean? I'm not cool enough to open the boot like Kanye. It would be easier for me enjoy opening the boot. Although, to be honest I would only be pretending to enjoy opening it. I guess that would be like liking opening the boot"
"You're such a dick! Like means like how something actually is, what it's actually like"
"Sigh. Why do we pay 'donations' to that school"
[expletive ridden teen tantrum]

I gotta say, I agree with the kid.

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#1265926 23-Mar-2015 15:26

I find "you know" the most irritating filler phrase, because it is so often used when the listener has absolutely no way of knowing.

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#1265936 23-Mar-2015 15:38

Sideface: I find "you know" the most irritating filler phrase, because it is so often used when the listener has absolutely no way of knowing.

I've always thought of "you know" as a shortened way of saying "do you know?" in a casual way. Although, I guess it could change to "you do know..." in different context.

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