3 thoughts on “Um Aah Okay, So Anyway”

1. where i come from people use :”like” and “you know” when they mean to say something more specific.

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   1. They seemed to be used here as verbal placeholders — verbal ticks used between sentences to say “I still have more to say so please wait before you start to speak.”

2. i just so happened to have written a poem about it….

   Speak Well

   Do you know? Do you know
   someone who always says, “You know…”
   when they mean to say something more specific.
   Like, do you know? Know what? Know what?
   “Like” is sometimes substituted
   for “You know.” Yes, I know! I know

   someone, who always says, “You know”
   when they’re trying to find a word on the tip of their tongue.
   That’s, not like…you know
   what I’m talking about. I mean when used
   in a sentence explicitly, you know,
   to hinder the flow. You know, when

   they mean to say something more specific,
   but, they’re nervous and “you know” comes
   out, you know? I know though sometimes
   it’s irritating. I know what you mean,
   you mean to say something, and like,
   “you know” comes out instead. Do you

   like..do you know? Know what? Know what?
   How can I possibly know anything,
   let alone something when you keep
   saying “you know?” You know, there’s
   a word on the tip of my tongue for
   people like you. You’re like, you know, vague.

   “Like” is sometimes substituted
   for “you know”. Like, I hear what you’re
   saying. Like, I’m with you. Like, I understand
   what. You know, are trying to tell me.
   I comprehend the meaning of your point.
   You know? Yes, like, “Like” is also substituted

   for “you know.” Yes, I know. I know
   someone that uses both of those, you know
   it usually does not bother me. But, like,
   you know, I think that it’s contagious,
   because, like, you know, I find myself
   becoming, like, you know, kind of annoying.

   (Form Trenta Sei variation)
   v.j.calone

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