"Um" and "Uh"

Chrissy   Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:01 pm GMT
I was just wondering what are common sounds for people to say where you live when they are thinking. I live in Florida, and here it's "Um" and "Uh". i went to Boston a while ago, however, and they said "ah" a lot. I would just like to know, not for any big reason. :) Thanks
SpaceFlight   Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:30 am GMT
I live in Florida and for me it's ''uh'' and ''um''. I didn't think that there was much difference across the English speaking world.
SpaceFlight   Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:56 am GMT
As for ''ah'', that has a different meaning from ''uh'' and ''um''.
Chrissy   Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:36 am GMT
Thanks. Like I said...I was jsut wondering :)
Lazar   Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:30 am GMT
I think in Britain they tend to use "er". When pronounced non-rhotically, "er" is very similar to "uh".
Deborah   Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:40 pm GMT
I'm from California and I say "uh" and "um". In France, they say the "eu" sound, and written, I think it's "euh". In Russia they "mm".

SpaceFlight, I think Chrissy meant that the Bostonians say "ah" where we uh-ers would say "uh".
Uriel   Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:26 am GMT
Don't forget "mmm".
Guest   Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:15 pm GMT
And "hmm". =)
Guest   Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:15 am GMT
It's "uh and "um", here in New York.
Travis   Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:35 am GMT
Here it's "uh" and "um" (spelled by convention), but one note is that "um" is very often actually [A~:m] here, which many'd likely write as "ahm".