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
"Um" and "Uh"
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.
I think in Britain they tend to use "er". When pronounced non-rhotically, "er" is very similar to "uh".
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".
SpaceFlight, I think Chrissy meant that the Bostonians say "ah" where we uh-ers would say "uh".
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".