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Sometimes their poor English plays a part in this, but I've also suffered through speeches by prominent British researchers who go "and the - and the - the - the- the- POINT of this is, is, is..." or spend 60% of their talk going "ummmm".

Laura's Owls Fresca 2009

Our president still overuses the verbal tic "ummmm" and sometimes begins speaking before he knows what he wants to say.

Tamar Abrams: President Obama: Taking Him at His Words 2009

Sometimes it can be extremely difficult to receive criticism but without such feedback one would never be aware of seemingly innocuous things such as repeatedly using the same words/phrases such as "ummmm" and "ok", not talking to your audience, speaking too fast/slow etc.

Student presentations Professor in Training 2008

I say "ummmm" and "yeah right" a lot. and I have a HUGE crush on Keira Knightly and Jakob Dylan from the Wallflowers.

The Seven Meme Jessica 2005

I must have been channelling Couch Guy 2 AKA Leech #2 AKA The Choad Warrior when I did that interview; I started out okay but quickly started tripping over my words, making absolutely no sense when explaining my project, and falling into the dreaded "ummmm" trap.

elfpvke Diary Entry elfpvke 2005

"He umm is umm so umm frustrating ummmmmm when umm he umm talks ummm because ummm he ummm has ummmmmmm to ummm punctuate ummm every ummm word ummm he umm says ummmmm with ummmm the ummmmm word ummm 'ummmm'" Then both the girls who got vice and school captain are total blonde bitches.

sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2004

I was like "ummmm" and then he phrased it better for me (me no smart) "as a promoter ... something blah something" and I was again like "ummmmm" and he was kind of getting fed up, so I went and sat on the can, and then phoned him back and said a little something like this ... "

withkerth Diary Entry withkerth 2003

I filled out and returned my census form, ummmm two weeks ago?

Think Progress » Erickson: I’ll ‘pull out my wife’s shotgun’ if someone comes to my door for the American Community Survey. 2010

It must have been weird to see him bobbing about in the churning seas with that demented look on his …. ummmm … smokestack.

PhotoHunter: “Tied” « Mudpuddle 2009

Anthony had told us all about this photo session about a month before, but, behind his back, there were ummmm... doubters amongst us.

Binky Philips: Bay City Rollers, Richard Hell, Aretha Franklin, Tom Verlaine, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Humble Pie, and My Friend, Anthony Jones Binky Philips 2011