Uhs

Seen him away from the teleprompter and speech writers yesterday when asked about this, all "uhs" and stutters, NOT A CLUE. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama has problems with the under $50,000 crowd, his support is uneven across the voting demographics and a tendency to have too many "uhs" in his discourse although he improved in the last debate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Let me admit though for the record that while I still hear "uhs" and other filler in my own and others' speech, I have lost most of the skills that I had gained through ToastMasters, in the maybe eight years since I last participated. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

Palin may have had it, since she seems aware of her "uhs" and seems to be trying to compensate for them. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

The reason for the "uhs" and the "umms" is that he's trying to do lawyerly parsing in his head on the fly, and he's not parsing fast enough to keep up with his mouth. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

Now he equivocates and avoids, much like the politicians he's bemoaned in the past, even while he himself hems and haws -- and we count all the "uhs," "ums" and "ems" in his once flawless speechifications. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If there were gratuitous "uhs" and "bikesnobs" thrown in there, it might have been OC. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2008)

He can't get through a sentence without at least two-three "uhs," his eye lids flutter up and down in what my daughter, Carly, calls the "liar's blink" and just because it is painful that a human like that is ostensibly the leader of the free world. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Bush campaign edited out the "uhs," and (before NBC objected) posted excerpts on the Internet to show steadfast leadership. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the Illinois senator punctuated his answer with six "uhs," which voice researchers call "disfluencies." ❋ Unknown (2007)

If the "uhs" don't drive you away, maybe you'll stay around long enough to notice that these people seem to have a vocabulary with only one adjective: "interesting." ❋ Ann Althouse (2005)

If the teleprompter goes on the fritz, he might try the original Palm Pilot as done by Palin and see how it works out rather than making us wince through 10 "uhs" within 3 sentences. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But each time he drops the life buoy of the teleprompter and ventures to go unscripted, he stumbles and mumbles in search of words, launching an avalanche of "uhs" and more likely than not putting his foot into his mouth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Forgive us if we went a little overboard, or maybe underboard, with this first Holiday Media Molecule Talks LittleBigPlanet Moderation, New Patches and the Fun of Naughty Music If you can get through the four thousand "uhs" that kick off our latest AIM ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was struck with how few "uhs" there were and how most looked directly into the camera. ❋ Unknown (2009)