Dec 5, 2006 · The narrow meaning is words like "umm" "err" "ah" and "uh", that don't express meaning or change meaning. They only prevent someone else from speaking, allowing the speaker to "still have the floor" while finding new words. The term "filler" works for that, I think.

Oct 14, 2009 · It is also in the Oxford English Dictionary. For its entries "uh-uh," "uh-huh," and "unh-unh," it gives as pronunciations for those words, respectively, /ʌˈʌ/, /ˈʌhʌ/, and /ˈʌ̃ʌ̃/, but the pronunciation sections for "uh-uh" and "uh-huh" refer the reader to a 1982 cite (under the entry "uh-huh") from J.C. Wells Accents of English III. vi. 556, which discusses the pronunciation of …

May 22, 2011 · Y "¡hum!", sería como pronunciar "¡ja!", sólo que sin la necesidad de abrir la boca. Esa expresión se usa cuando nos repugna algo, como las señoras de la realeza al ver algo vulgar o que no es digno. O como cuando nos sentimos ofendidos y hacemos un "¡hum!" como divas. Bueno, espero que les haya servido

Dec 22, 2006 · Solitamente al posto di "Uh huh", in Italia si usa a-ha... (pronunciato come l'ho scritto, ma con l'acca non muta). Stesso va per m-hm (con suono nasale, ma in questo caso non so come si potrebbe trascrivere.)

The other suggested translations uh huh and uh hum are both fine. Yeeess sounds like it's supposed to be a question, like "Yeeesss, and?!" I see would also work, but go on is slightly different in meaning - encouraging the person to continue, rather than just making a noise/comment to show that what they said has been heard by the other person.

May 28, 2019 · Would you know if the following should be spelled differently in French (for the transcription of a Court proceeding): Uh-hmm (Agreeing) Okay to use the same spelling in French? Merci. Moderator note: second question deleted. …

Apr 17, 2017 · Hum (onomatopoeia) Thread starter el_tenedor; Start date Apr 17, 2017; E. el_tenedor Member. English Apr ...

Jul 17, 2013 · Hi, I'm looking for an appropriate word in Spanish that you would say if someone is talking to you and you want to acknowledge that you're still listening/following what they are saying... for example in English I would say (Ah, right/Hmm/Okay/Yeah/I see). Can 'vale', for example, be used in...

May 9, 2007 · Hello, Could you please tell me how long Vadim needs to stay in the UK or in UK. Thank you VOLVER

Jul 29, 2016 · There's a similar interjection, but expressing agreement -- uh-huh. In my off-line M-W it's given with two ways of pronouncing it (the mouth open and closed). In the online version of the dictionary though, it only comes with the mouth open. So I think the spelling is the same for both ways of saying it in speech.