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disfluencies (was Re: English syllable structure)

From:nicole dobrowolski <fuzzybluemonkeys@...>
Date:Thursday, December 13, 2001, 20:39
--- Christopher B Wright froge sionk:

> I rarely think in English. I slightly suspect that I think in a > different > language when I think in language, but if that's so, then I know it > too > well to write it out. >
exactly... it's hard enough translating thoughts from nicole to english when i'm sitting in front of a computer typing, let alone when there's a person standing there staring at me waiting for me to come up with something to say and of course i can't come up with anything to say because there's a person standing there staring at me waiting for me to come with something to say and of course i can't come up with anything to say because there's a...
> However, the only time that I think in words is when I'm trying to > decide > how to say something. And if it's urgent, I'll blurt it out; and if > it's > not, the pause will be beneficial (allows me time to think > *whether* I > should say it rather than simply *how* I should say it). >
obconlang: does anyone have conlang equivilents to hesitation space fillers like 'uh' or 'um'? ...nicole "You see things; and you say 'why?' but I dream of things that never were; and I say, 'why not?'"--George Bernard Shaw ===== shmuli atae muhnkia-jiqek qelek nimmekel-Luddiga blå apor-flauschige blaue Affen-tódifai kówainG MANgKIWi-mêndos êzoros faffalos-khami zhaftami nuri xhan-jasánni júñi jakihéññi-Moncaithe gorma clúmhacha-Monhyey ngonul hweyaru ryehyumeru-muncaidhean gorma molach-jhachtaraadkimyo-monos peludos azules-pushistye sinie obe&#380;iany-zçínesfersaup sülíraup böfparaup-k&#281;dzierzawe niebieskie ma&#322;py-cirmos ke'k majmok-fuzzi serule mini-primate-Hlässöbonakkäa Jonäjë-pluizige blauwe aapjes-menomeno yanubi wayanoso-monkátí kosipi eyoh-macacos nebulosos azuis-pukhnasti blakytni mavpy-lådne blå aber __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com

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