Meanings
- um, er expressing hesitation
So ehm, I agreed that I would look at, ehm, ways of, ehm, of reducing the amount I was spending on my personal development,[…]
2008, Erik de Haan, “Verbatim Transcript: Ken”, in Relational Coaching: Journeys Towards Mastering One-to-One Learning, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3092 more examples
[…]ehm but if you’re happy then that’s what it comes up to at the end of the day if you’re happy doing what you are. ehm (..) if you’re not then it’s up to you to change it ehm I don’t think there’s a – (.) an age thing it’s ehm a personal one.
2004, Dariusz Galasiński, “‘There is a Concern’: Strategies of Emotion Talk”, in Men and the Language of Emotions, Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 5901 C: ehm hiya / 02 S: hi how can I help / 03 C: ((laughing)) ehm well I’ve just been informed I can’t get on (.) my plane[…]
2007, Ronald Geluykens, “Investigating complaints in business English: an evalutation of data collection methods”, in Katja Pelsmaekers, Craig Rollo, editors, Economically Speaking: Essays in Honour of Chris Braecke, Garant, →ISBN, page 38
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