ehm

Interjection

1. um, er expressing hesitation
   • […]ehm but if you’re happy then that’s what it comes up to at the end of the day if you’re happy doing what you are. ehm (..) if you’re not then it’s up to you to change it ehm I don’t think there’s a – (.) an age thing it’s ehm a personal one.2004, Dariusz Galasiński, “‘There is a Concern’: Strategies of Emotion Talk”, in Men and the Language of Emotions, Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 59
   • 01 C: ehm hiya / 02 S: hi how can I help / 03 C: ((laughing)) ehm well I’ve just been informed I can’t get on (.) my plane[…]2007, Ronald Geluykens, “Investigating complaints in business English: an evalutation of data collection methods”, in Katja Pelsmaekers, Craig Rollo, editors, Economically Speaking: Essays in Honour...