How We Use `Um` To Control Our Conversation
(ArtsJournal)

Things like `ums` and `uhs` signal there´s some delay in processing. But as a speaker, what I can do is exploit those kinds of signals. I can use them dishonestly. I can use something like `um` to give the overt signal that I´m having some sort of trouble with processing, but in reality, all I´m […]