What's uhhhhh going on with "filler words"?

Dr. Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein: http://jenabl.wordpress.com
Dr. Alex D'Arcy: http://web.uvic.ca/~adarcy/

Christopher Mele's NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us/verbal-ticks-like-um.html

Music by Podington Bear:
www.podingtonbear.com/

Produced by the Texas A&M University Writing Center.
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Producer: Davis Land
Editors: Nancy Vazquez, Flo Davies, Nick Cenegy

Do You, Um, Like, Hate Filler Words?

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