What's your verbal crutch?

[Shoki Donai]

I use shiny and snazzy if I need to talk about something I think is good/cool.

 

[Dimbo_Sama]

'Sur', 'Like' and many many swearwords.

 

[The Holy Chaotic]

I say 'ultra' alot.

Ultracool, ultrabad, etc. Yeah, I know, that was a weird one.

 

[countrysteaksauce]

Just say Smeagol where you would have said ummmm.

Bonus points if you pull off a grade A impression at the same time.

That's a pretty good idea if you feel like freaking people out and never getting talked to again.

Just think of all the women you could pick up!

 

[Davey Woo]

I say "uhh" at the beginning of a response even when I know what I'm going to say.
Example I go into a shop, when they say "Do you want anything else?" I know I don't need anything else but I still go, "Uhhhhhhh no."

I also say "Ohh dear." a lot, for no good reason.

 

[captain wow]

I say 'sure' a lot. One of the quirks of the Irish accent.

To be sure.

To be sure to be sure.

Sure faith and begorrah, t'is a fine soft day yer honour.
Seems to be a lot of Irishness on the escapist today thank feck.

Swearing is my crutch, it always has been to an extent but I was a bouncer for the last 3 years so now it's just fucking ridiculous. Can't even talk to my mom anymore without cursing like a sailor....

 

[goodwithwords08]

I tend to get off topic when telling stories and then say anyways to jump back in.

Also I sometimes acidentlly start talking in Japanesse, that is the price I pay for watch so much anime.

 

[DemonicVixen]

Well considering my mother tells me to stop swearing all the time, i guess mine is any swear word that i can fit into a sentance. "Piss Off" is usually a good one for me.

 

[matumba]

I use "zeg maar" a lot (in Dutch).

This.

This is a national fucking epidemic.

Yep Dutch and guilty as charged. zeg maar

Sounds like it's akin to rampant usage of "like" here in the States. I say sure'n and aye a lot.

 

[The Hairminator]

I always end a conversation with "Tack, hej" (litterarly translated means: 'Thanks, bye.' (swedish)) and the tone of my voice dropping. Don't know why I do it.

 

[DoctorWhat]

I say 'sure' a lot. One of the quirks of the Irish accent.

To be sure.

No, not 'to be sure', just sure. Occasionally 'ah sure'.

Cork people have a different version, they say 'like' at the end of every sentence, in dublin they have 'Ya knowhadimeian' or 'Roi' ('Do you know what I mean' and 'right' in a heavy Dublin accent) and People in the North of Ireland say 'Aye' a lot. Come to think of it, so do I.

Here in Tallaght (I don't use it myself thank goodness), the people shove a "ch" on the front of everything:


yeeeah...

OT: I have a very wide vocabulary, which is good, because when I'm under pressure, the most common thing that happens is me forgetting a word. But, because of my wide vocabulary, I can effortlessly slip in another word before I go to say anything. It makes the sentence sound a little ill-constructed, but it's better than "ummmmm.... ahhhhh..... errrmmmmmmmm ehhhhh. hmmmmm"

 

[Squarez]

I like use like a lot when I'm like talking, it's kinda like annoying to me but I can't like thing of another word I could like use.

I don't do it when typing, though...

_>
<_<

 

[Otterwuff]

"Wut?"

Usually followed with me raising my eyebrows and staring at whoever baffled me for a solid five to ten seconds before shrugging and carrying on with whatever I was doing.

 

[Icehearted]

I don't have one, thankfully, but I can be a bit of a mush-mouth because I'm trying too hard to speak quickly all the time.

 

[Klepa]

"niinku" which is an almost exact translation to "like". I hate myself for using it so damn much. If my voice was higher, I'd pass for a 13-year-old girl, with the way I sometimes talk.

Other ones are, of course "vittu" and "paska", finnish expletives. roughly translates to 'fuck' and 'shit'. Synonymous with every other word in the finnish language, except for niinku.

 

[bobknowsall]

My crutches tend to change fairly erratically, but modifiers like "slightly" and "rather" have always proved rather handy. And if you've ever held a conversation with me, "Ehh..." will feature quite a lot.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Hmmm... I guess I do say "fortunately" or "unfortunately" a fair bit...

 

[Zephirius]

You'd be amazed at what I can do with the expletive for the male reproductive organ. I can throw that thing in anywhere and still have my sentence be fully understandable and pretty natural, if rude, sounding.

 

[thegamermn]

I speak spatterings of German and Russian along with English and tend to add in german or russian at odd times, living in a non-tourist city I tend to get alot of "Lolwut?" Faces from people I talk to. for example: *friend says hi* "Hiya! wie gehts?" *Friend gives me lolwut face*

 

[Marksman18v]

Jesus Christs Monkey Balls...

Don't ask.