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fhgksjfgh on May 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Speech Coaching App – Stop Saying 'Umm', ...

Going by tech talks these days, the most common filler-word is "so", which is also the most common word to start a sentence with

pivo on May 12, 2016 | [–]

For some reason "so" used this way bothers me more than other fillers. Also, saying "sort of" something when you mean exactly that thing I also find very distracting.

jackweirdy on May 12, 2016 | [–]

David Cameron usually starts with "Look, ..."

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