Sunday, January 18, 2015

Week #3: Filler Words

Exercise: Become aware of the use of “filler” words and phrases and try to eliminate them from your speech. Fillers are words that do not add meaning to what you’re saying, such as “um,” “ah,” “so,” “well,” “like,” “you know,” “kind of,” and “sort of”. Additional filler words enter our vocabulary from time to time. Recent additions might include “basically” and “anyway”.


In addition to eliminating filler words, see if you can notice why you tend to use them – in what situations and for what purpose.

Namaste

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