It depends on the communication.<p>If it&#x27;s with cubemates&#x2F;rowmates it&#x27;s okay.  If you&#x27;re a speaker (not just talking) but speaking, then it&#x27;s noticeable and it becomes distracting.  Mostly when you&#x27;re paying attention and following their train of thought... When you&#x27;re following someone&#x27;s train of thought you&#x27;re filling in in advance, the uhhm, kind of puts a kink in that thought process because it becomes very apparent when a meaningless interruption happens repeatedly.<p>Now, not being religious it may sound funny for me to say this, but I really appreciate listening to southern Baptist (?) preacher interviews because despite the subject, they are captivating.  They pronounce all the syllables, don&#x27;t cut their words short, don&#x27;t mix &#x2F;d&#x2F; and &#x2F;t&#x2F; and sound all around pleasant.  They are good speakers.  Yes, some overdo it and overpronounce and drag out words, I don&#x27;t mean those.