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global1

(26,507 posts) Sun Sep 20, 2020, 11:00 PM Sep 2020

Ummm!!!...

These actors receiving Emmy's - if they don't have lines written for them to recite - only know how to say - Ummm - after every sentence of their acceptance speeches.

This was pointed out to me early in this broadcast - and now just listening is getting to me. Ummm!!!!

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Ummm!!!... (Original Post) global1 Sep 2020 OP

I hear that newer TeeVees come with some kind of a dial to change the channel. 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #1

Most people do that FreeState Sep 2020 #2

3Hotdogs

(15,547 posts)

1. I hear that newer TeeVees come with some kind of a dial to change the channel.

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Sun Sep 20, 2020, 11:41 PM

Sep 2020

FreeState

(10,702 posts)

2. Most people do that

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Sun Sep 20, 2020, 11:51 PM

Sep 2020

Put anyone on the spot and they stammer and use filler words, doesn’t matter how smart one is.

https://www.bustle.com/articles/130740-why-do-we-say-um-heres-what-science-has-to-say-about-our-choice-of-fillers

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