I&#x27;m a bit confused at the certainty of your argument. There are many people who believe that someone saying &quot;um&quot; sounds stupid. Your absolute assertion to the opposite seems rather like &quot;I don&#x27;t think someone saying &#x27;um&#x27; sounds stupid so this isn&#x27;t a valid criticism&quot;.<p>Are people going to hear critiques if they don&#x27;t want to? The message getting through is what matters, that&#x27;s a person by person problem. Saying something make someone sound stupid is certainly not &quot;taking cues from drill sergeants&quot;.