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Interesting. I must admit, when he says, "Ummm," it really annoys me.

by coherentpony 13y ago

pg 13y ago
Yeah, it is a problem. Sorry. I should remind myself not to do it when I'm giving talks or being interviewed.
- nocman 13y ago
  I'm going to go out on a limb here and disagree with you :-D I know that the Toastmasters folks will ding you for saying "Um" or "So", etc. And yes, if it is too common it can be annoying (sort of on along the lines of someone who inserts "you know" into almost every sentence). However, in this interview, it was obvious that you were doing that while trying to come up with a thoughtful and meaningful answer. I don't think that it detracts from the interview at all. In fact, I would say it is a sign of you being real, sincere -- and not just trying to BS your way through the interview. My two cents.
read 13y ago
I realize you notice it but it's certainly not unusual. President Obama does something similar [1]. "the intellectual stammer signals a brain that is moving so fast that the mouth can't keep up. The stammer is commonly found among university professors, characters in Woody Allen movies and public thinkers of the sort that might appear on C-SPAN but not CNN." If that's what umming really means it wouldn't annoy me at all to umm more. Umming could also be the symptom of an additional mental load. Such speaking disturbances occur once in every 4.4 seconds [2], which suddenly makes me less worried and more tolerant about how people sound when they speak. [1] - http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/26/opinion/la-oe-daum-obamaspeak-20110526 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/26/opinion/la-oe-daum-o... [2] - http://www.themorningnews.org/article/in-the-beginning-was-the-word-and-the-word-was-um http://www.themorningnews.org/article/in-the-beginning-was-t...
- xux 13y ago
  that makes no sense. umming seems like you can't think fast enough for your mouth, so you're buying time with fillers If you're thinking faster than you can talk, you should be stuttering.

Interesting. I must admit, when he says, "Ummm," it really annoys me.

pg 13y ago

Yeah, it is a problem. Sorry. I should remind myself not to do it when I'm giving talks or being interviewed.

nocman 13y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and disagree with you :-D I know that the Toastmasters folks will ding you for saying "Um" or "So", etc. And yes, if it is too common it can be annoying (sort of on along the lines of someone who inserts "you know" into almost every sentence). However, in this interview, it was obvious that you were doing that while trying to come up with a thoughtful and meaningful answer. I don't think that it detracts from the interview at all. In fact, I would say it is a sign of you being real, sincere -- and not just trying to BS your way through the interview. My two cents.

read 13y ago

I realize you notice it but it's certainly not unusual. President Obama does something similar [1]. "the intellectual stammer signals a brain that is moving so fast that the mouth can't keep up. The stammer is commonly found among university professors, characters in Woody Allen movies and public thinkers of the sort that might appear on C-SPAN but not CNN." If that's what umming really means it wouldn't annoy me at all to umm more. Umming could also be the symptom of an additional mental load. Such speaking disturbances occur once in every 4.4 seconds [2], which suddenly makes me less worried and more tolerant about how people sound when they speak. [1] - http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/26/opinion/la-oe-daum-obamaspeak-20110526 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/26/opinion/la-oe-daum-o... [2] - http://www.themorningnews.org/article/in-the-beginning-was-the-word-and-the-word-was-um http://www.themorningnews.org/article/in-the-beginning-was-t...

xux 13y ago
that makes no sense. umming seems like you can't think fast enough for your mouth, so you're buying time with fillers If you're thinking faster than you can talk, you should be stuttering.