When somebody shoots your arm you need to flex it every now and then in the advanced stages of healing, possibly as an emotional assurance that it still works.
I need to flex my brain.
Question is, am i in that stage of healing?
I was at work a few hours ago, killing time by chatting. You can call it squandering
(That's a word I've been using a lot lately, by the way) the agents' allowed access to Google Talk while possible. While in the process of coming up with a productive topic of discussion with a good friend of mine the word "uh" was mentioned. What ensued was a topic worthy of my blogging attention.
When you think about it 99% of the known world (mine) would resort to uh for a host of reasons. This is the approach I decided to go by for this article.
Uh may be used to stall the flow of a conversation conveniently for you to compose a better reply in you head. You may interpret it as "Shut up and let me think" with the right timing and volume.
Uh may be used as a reflex reaction the announcement of implemented mandatory rest day overtime. If pronounced precise enough it will have a sarcastic neanderthal tinge to it.
5 bucks says you were probably trying it out after reading it.
Uh, when coupled with huh, can be used as a juvenile statement of concurrence or approval. The overall emotion behind the word, be it bubbly or sarcastic, depends once again on timing, and tone.
Uh is used as a substitute for words during sudden situations overwhelming with emotions or feelings. I can think of shock, awe, sexual bliss, and over-the-top happiness or sadness.
15 bucks says you were anticipating sex to be mentioned somewhere in this article eventually.
An undisclosed friend of mine uses uh in a unique way to spurn what was just mentioned by whoever he was talking to, usually in the presence of other people.
And that's as much as I can think of after 4 hours of sleep. Please feel free to contribute. I'll be... 'flexing' more often.
That didn't sound very nice. Yech.
Till next time.