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Huh? The valuable role of interjections (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Powderhorn to c/humanities

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This is a somewhat interesting look at, like, how seemingly useless words outside of context function.

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[–] Powderhorn 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, I've (3 seconds later) uh ... the real fun part is when you get the echo of your own voice just off enough to make it impossible to keep your train of thought.