Um, you might find this intersting

June 11, 2002 10:58 AM

Um, you might find this intersting Uh, or maybe not I mean like you know, Oh, and there's no mention of what 'feh' means.
posted by srboisvert (7 comments total)

FYI: Previous discussion of so-called paralanguage. Also, this is truly a triump of the descriptivists vs. the prescriptivists.
posted by dhartung at 11:04 AM on June 11, 2002

feh?

fuck everyone here? :)
posted by shadow45 at 11:39 AM on June 11, 2002

I object to lumping 'like' in here with um and uh. Like does alot more work for me than just signalling my hesitancy.
posted by rschram at 12:15 PM on June 11, 2002

With that wonderful onomaetopiac quality, it's gotta be Yiddish.

Yep.

Feh (interj.)
Indicates disapproval or displeasure: Feh, don't touch that dirty thing.
posted by luser at 12:38 PM on June 11, 2002

"By signaling a delay is coming, a speaker avoids a silent gap in conversation that might otherwise prove confusing to a listener."

Duh.
posted by brantstrand at 6:56 PM on June 11, 2002

"By signaling a delay is coming, a speaker avoids a silent gap in conversation that might otherwise prove confusing to a listener."

I would rather the speaker simply use the silent gap to think of what they're going to say next. Adding extra words proves more confusing when I'm the listener.
posted by jaden at 9:32 PM on June 11, 2002

"uh" confuses you?
posted by tolkhan at 8:08 AM on June 12, 2002