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Sentence
Although
Shakespeare
refers
to
“hums
and
ha’s,”
sifting
through
etiquette
manuals
and
public-speaking
guides
turns
up
scant
evidence
of
a
prohibition
against
ums,
ers
and
uhs,
which
are
profuse
in
the
first
recording
of
Thomas
Edison’s
voice,
in
1888.
Mr.
Erard,
rather
ingeniously,
traces
the
prohibition
on
um
and
other
speech
flaws
to
the
advent
of
radio
in
the
early
1920s.
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Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s.
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