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1 week ago

Major Life Events Impact the Way People Speak

No one expects a teenager and a senior citizen to sound the same, but the question of exactly how age influences our language use is more complex than it might at first seem. A fascinating new study probes how specific life events and experiences might have more of an impact on your linguistic choices than your chronological age per se.
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1 week ago

So um, why do we say 'um' so much?

The filler word "um" serves as a quick, effortless conversational tool for thinking, softening tone, and holding speaking turns across languages.
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