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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Um Here



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Um, Here’s An, Uh, Map That Shows Where Americans Use “Um” vs. “Uh”

Um, how cool is this :)

Let me, um, know which one you use.


10 comments:

  1. Mostly Um but I've used both at one time or another. I'm more of an Um though.

    I linked you to Silly Sunday as this is a fun exercise.

    Have a fabulous day. :)

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  2. Here in Arizona it's Duh or Que?

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  3. I use "Um," I guess. I'll have to listen to myself to be sure.

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  4. I think I use um only when I don't want to answer a question.Otherwise it's uh for fillers.

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  5. Sandee: Does your usage correlate to the map? I'm curious about the way they derived this map. You know me, natural born skeptic.

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  6. Timothy Hecht: Lol. Gotcha.

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  7. Always On Watch: Except for a short interlude, I've always lived in an 'um' area. I wonder if that's even relevant. How did they come up with this study, anyway?

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