Re: verbal diarrhoea

Tristan Alexander McLeay scripsit:
> I was just wondering what various con- and natlangs (and dialects) use to
> 'umm' or 'aah'.
>
> To start off with, Aussies tend to prefer 'umm', and I understand Japanese
> 'anoo' (but I could be wrong).
In Lojban it's ".y." (that's [@] with pauses on both sides), which can be
used between any two words, but not inside a word, and can be prolonged or
repeated arbitrarily.

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