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Originally Posted by Val_1
I have successfully replaced my annoying "ums" and "ahs" ... with annoying pauses and silence ... not sure which is worse. In person, the silence in fine, cause you can usually tell I'm thinking my the strained look on my face  On the phone, I'm sure it's quite tedious. |
I'd rather hear silence than ums and ahs. I have been improving, still working on it. I'm doing much better on voicemails, and messages (have stopped dialing numbers before thinking about what I'm actually going to say). I still notice myself slipping though. It's definitely a work in progress.