Psycholinguists have actually categorized words usually thought of as superfluous blips in speech into separate groups based on their function. “Um” and “uh” are known as “filled pauses.” “You know,” “I mean,” and “like” are termed “discourse markers.”
Tag: 05.16.14
Rush Limbaugh Wins Prominent Children’s Book Award
“From the moment Limbaugh’s nomination was announced, in March, conservatives were delighted, liberals angered and others simply puzzled — emotions only amplified by Limbaugh’s victory, which raised his book from No. 71 on Amazon the day before to the top 10 Thursday.”
Andre Previn At 85
“Nowadays, if I had to fill out a blank thing that said what do you do, I would say I compose. And conduct and play the piano. But I’m really a composer. I really like that.”
La Scala Will Keep New Superintendent For One Year, Then Fire Him
“Alexander Pereira, the director of the Salzburg Festival, was to begin his six-year tenure at La Scala, the opera house here, in October, but Mr. Pisapia, the chairman of La Scala’s foundation, said that the board would honor his contract only until the end of the 2014-15 season, which coincides with Expo Milano 2015, the world’s fair expected to draw an estimated 20 million visitors.”