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To: NOBO2012
While technically not a non-fluency, “you know” is still the most annoying verbal tic in the modern lexicon of annoying speech patterns.

I think "you know" is now outranked by "So ...".

Where is it written that every spoken sentence has to begin with "So ..."?

4 posted on 10/16/2016 10:31:16 AM PDT by AZLiberty (A is no longer A, but a pull-down menu.)
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To: AZLiberty

I think “um” is still number one.


5 posted on 10/17/2016 8:17:40 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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