@MrRobot to English usage and [email protected]English • 1 year agoHow do you call the words a speaker uses when he is nervous, like "um", "ah", "like"?message-square6arrow-up18arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareHow do you call the words a speaker uses when he is nervous, like "um", "ah", "like"?@MrRobot to English usage and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square6file-text
In my native language there’s a word for that kind of words, but I’m not sure how they are called in english.
minus-squarestravanasuMlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoOr simply “fillers”, see last definition here. The general grammatical category is interjection.
I believe they’re called filler words
Or simply “fillers”, see last definition here.
The general grammatical category is interjection.
Thanks!