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The Good Word :
Language and how we use it.
An Uh, Er, Um Essay
In praise of verbal stumbles.
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Grandfather: Hey, Iver, how's it hanging?
Iver: Um … wheels?
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Michael Erard is the author of Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean. His book, Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners, will be published next year.
Photograph of woman speaking by Comstock via Thinkstock.
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