CHAPTER 28
Excessive Fillers Are Charm Killers
The poor speak very fast, with quick movements, to attract attention. The rich move slowly and they speak slowly; they don’t need to get your attention because they’ve already got it.
—MICHAEL CAINE
Inexperienced, unprepared, or nervous speakers often fill their sentences with sounds such as aah, umm, uh, and er. They’re known as fillers. Fillers are a way of creating the space to give us time to think. We use them in an attempt to hold onto the listener’s attention while we’re trying to find the right ...
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