Show HN: Speech Coaching App – Stop Saying 'Umm', 'Like', 'Uhh'
...looking to improve your day-to-day communication...Is there evidence that saying 'umm' and 'ahh' reduces your ability to communicate effectively? Why are they bad? In conversation phonemes tell the listener than you haven't finished speaking but you're thinking about the next thing to say. Without them people would constantly interrupt one another, which would be horrible.