natalunasans reblogged
awkward how reassuring i find this
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well ya duh society shames speech patterns associated with young women
coffeeandcockatiels
“Speech fillers” are just a human’s way of saying “wait a sec I’m thinking”. It means we think more before we speak, always trying to find the right way to say it. Every language has them. And people shouldn’t be annoyed by it, ever.
#filler words#i do this in class all the time#and technically for public speaking you're not supposed to#and in some way#i don't care what students think#if they think i talk too casual or something#i'm mainly just trying#(1) not to be intimidating#(2) to make sense#(3) to not forget what i need to say#in otherwords#ACCESSIBILITY#but i hope they don't think#that i am not serious#because i speak so casually#i just can't really code-switch as well as i'd like