Speech Disfluencies

[Tollbooth Willie]

I'm so sorry.

Kidding, I mostly grew up in Louisiana, but moved two or three states north of there six years ago. Still, I catch myself talking in a strange southern accent occasionally and I really don't like it, so I try to counteract it by always keeping a pair of glasses slightly visible from my shirt pocket.

It's not that bad really, but it just gets annoying when I am talking to someone and suddenly "Well God dayum that ain't rite." :farmer:

 

[xcellerate]

when I am trying to be polite and argumentative at the same time, I seem to start too many sentences with "well, I mean..."