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RANT/ANNOYANCE

Isn’t It, UM, Annoying, UM, When Someone, UM, Uses UM Ten Times in a Sentence?

This irritation of Um use will drive you insane

Klara Jane Holloway

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The back of a blond woman’s head with her hands in the air, perhaps confused because she uses the word  UM too much in her conversations
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I have a gorgeous blond girlfriend named Mona.

She’s single.

She gets a lot of first dates.

RARELY a second one.

Here’s why I think she doesn’t get asked out by the same guy twice.

She uses the word Um repeatedly in conversation.

I want to rant a bit about people that use Um frequently in a sentence until you think you may swallow your tongue and pull it out of your butt because….

THE FRUSTRATION IS SO VERY ANNOYING!

Definition of Um: Used to express doubt or uncertainty or to fill a pause when hesitating in speaking.

It’s a “filler” word for forgetting and not knowing what you are trying to say, making you sound dumb.

Mona is not dumb

Mona is a peach, a wonderful person, full of kindness, and quite intelligent.

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