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I've seen it written eesteeee and eessteeee. The word 'pos' is a variation used in Mexico. I've also seen 'pus', 'ps' and 'po' (Chile). |
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"Pos", "pus" and "ps" are very often heard in Mexico, but they're associated with uneducated speech, so it's uncomfortable to hear if it's not used in the right register.
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I could see in normal conversation, but in speeches it has to be different. |
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Um, it happens to, like, the best of us.
Filler words can be avoided, in all honesty, but who doesn't like to insert a little realism into our speech (and into our speeches)? |
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I've probably said it before, but in the village I live in here in Tenerife, every single sentence starts with "joder" and ends with "c-o-ñ-o". These are fillers which replace capital letters and full stops (sorry - periods). Very often, the material in the sentence is missing altogether, such as the time when during the annual village fiesta the fireworks set light to the countryside, and the bomberos were heard running around shouting "joder, c-o-ñ-o" to each other.
Last edited by Rusty; December 31, 2016 at 10:39 AM. |
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If it's any consolation, a vast swath of American English speakers pepper their speech with f words and mf words and sh words. It can be really dull.
I know someone who says, "it's all good" as a filler -- sometimes more than once in a sentence. I don't know what's worse, the f word or it's all good. As filler they have about the same meaning. Nice to hear from you again, Peri.
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