Cover of Um. . .

Book · 2008 · Language Arts & Disciplines

Um. . .

Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

by Michael Erard · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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“I know there's a linguist named Michael erard who wrote a book called um slips stumbles and verbal blunders and what they mean and he makes the interesting note that here I'll read a pit with a few exceptions people didn't really start talking about um or complaining about it until the Advent of voice recording”