Re: verbal diarrhoea

I hadn't considered it before, but I imagine Firaphones using "la" as filler,
perhaps with a bit of a musical trill to it if they get really stuck.  "Fira
lojento...la...lalalala..."

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  To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
  From: Sally Caves <scaves@...>
  Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001
  Subject: Re: verbal diarrhoea

>And what about French "ah beufffff!"
>Sally Caves
>scaves@frontiernet.net
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...>
>To: <CONLANG@...>
>Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:44 AM
>Subject: verbal diarrhoea
>
>
>> 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).
>>
>> Tristan
>>
>>
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Thought for today:
   "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone,
"it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less."
   "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so
many different things."
   "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master--that's
all."