Comments on: Word Content of High Schoolers making a presentation

By: Adam S.

Adam S. — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:00:17 +0000

Change “Um” to “Y’know” and this is also any Miley Cyrus interview.

By: Maynonie

Maynonie — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:23:04 +0000

I say LIKE too much,
I say OMG too much,
I swear too much,
but… I’m in middleschool.
This graph is seriously true (and I also say “seriously” xp), but it also applies for (some) middleschoolers.

By: pax

pax — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:08:46 +0000

Dude, wtf?? I’m a high school student. And a girl at that. And I like, don’t find this um… offensive at all.

See there? ^ I’m actually HUMORING this post. So lighten up a little. You are right about some students having well written presentations and whatnot, but seriously. You need to lighten up.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:24:54 +0000

It’s a joke.
Get the stick out of your butt.

By: Lilith

Lilith — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:15:41 +0000

lol I meant realizing haha clever comment fail

By: Lilith

Lilith — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:15:04 +0000

While in college, I was forced to listen to countless presentations where “like” was the chosen filler. At one point, I listed to a girl in one of my English classes explain a point about a particular poem we read. I stopped counting the “likes” at 15. Because of those experiences, I now count the number of times ANYONE uses the word improperly with a resounding cringe. If you’re asking, yes, I count myself too. (hey, no one’s perfect).

(Realizes I’m as nerdy as Not Me, and slinks off to join him to discuss root words…)

By: Crystal Kyuketsuki

Crystal Kyuketsuki — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:33:42 +0000

*loads rocket launcher*

By: samuraichikx

samuraichikx — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:29:07 +0000

a high school student…offended?
BAHAHAHAHHAAH!!!
ah, that was a good one. High school students are some of the more offendING people of the entire population.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:08:04 +0000

I had to do one today. Man i should have been more prepared.

By: liza

liza — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:24:04 +0000

im gonna do one tomorrow…

By: David

David — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:01:32 +0000

That’s the feeling I get during Health class.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:05:06 +0000

This doesn’t happen in my level classes (you know… The weird genius people who were reading at a college level at age 5… Yes, I just called myself weird), but I once had to sit in on a below-grade-level class (my teacher had to rush home, so they didn’t have any time to acquire a substitute and we were sent to different classes in the same hallway), and EVERY OTHER WORD was “like”, “umm”, or “y’know”. I almost ripped my hair out. Seriously. I believe my IQ dropped 10 points from just sitting in that classroom!

By: the nerd.

the nerd. — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:03:38 +0000

Umm, like, they walked on mars. oh, okay, and, like, this is a funny comic. Um. Like.

By: BSweet

BSweet — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:41:09 +0000

Aww, you’re cute. I know you don’t think this is funny now, but wait a few years. It will get funnier. Trust me.

By: bludrgn0

bludrgn0 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:26:45 +0000

I’m sorry, but I find this one offensive. I mean I am a high school student and while yes there are some people that do this, the majority of people actually have well written presentations. And those that don’t, well their grades definitely reflect that…

By: Max

Max — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:54:58 +0000

lol, i see that all the time BTW
^This all is not used in that way

By: Reno

Reno — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:32:22 +0000

I concur. One girl giving a conference said “like” a total of 10 times per minute. 8-minute talk. Shoot me now.

By: Lean

Lean — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:19:39 +0000

Don’t forget “all.” Ex. “I was mean to her and she got all mad.”

By: fridge

fridge — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:52:45 +0000

A high level of nerdiness is nothing to be ashamed of.

By: fridge

fridge — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:51:42 +0000

A bad spelling of speech

By: Action Jackson

Action Jackson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:49:07 +0000

Our class valedictorian says ‘like’ too much

By: Not Me

Not Me — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:47:57 +0000

The prof I most admired never EVER left a sentence unfinished. He always knew where he was going when he started to say something. Sometimes I would lose track of his point b/c I spent so much time admiring his perfect syntax.
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Natch, I was a linguistics student.
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(rereads 1st paragraph, realizes nerd level, slinks off in shame)

By: Not Me

Not Me — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:45:15 +0000

what’s a speach?

By: Fegli

Fegli — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:46:34 +0000

Don’t forget students in any/all undergrad seminars… and some profs… I had a prof who would spit out absolute flourishes of “ums” every two minutes.

By: mertaal

mertaal — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:19:05 +0000

nevermind.. consider it bs

By: mertaal

mertaal — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:17:43 +0000

what´s BS?

By: whitey138

whitey138 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:07:21 +0000

i had to take speech in college and BSed every one of my speaches. we had a person called the “ah counter” who counted all of the ums and ah and crap like that. i never once had any. its just a matter of how well someone can handle their self in front of people. i really didnt care what the people thought of me since i knew i wasnt going to see any of them after that semster. that helps.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:04:10 +0000

woah, you know when you say a word over and over it loses meaning, that just happened to me

By: Max

Max — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:57:33 +0000

You know, like I like find this like offensive as a like freshman in like high school, and i like think that i like do pretty good at like public speaking and like stuff and like presentations, especially at like universe like stuff

By: Max

Max — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:55:14 +0000

yeah, i do that too irl, its terrible

By: miss.nessa

miss.nessa — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:41:18 +0000

totally !!1!

By: joemescher

joemescher — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:35:02 +0000

Huh?

By: Zero

Zero — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:12:38 +0000

What about “basically”, for those trying to sound smart?

I once counted 17 “like”s in a single sentence from one girl. She had great ideas, just wasn’t so confident expressing them.

By: Dawne

Dawne — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:24:21 +0000

I have to take speech next semester. I fear the stupid, and the ‘ums’, and the ‘likes’.

By: Dude!!!

Dude!!! — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:20:21 +0000

Dude!! Um… That’s like… Man, I’m a teen that’s sooooo not cool! Like totally not cool!!!!

By: Grammar Nazi

Grammar Nazi — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:51:11 +0000

Works WELL, not works good. >=(

By: DeathtoDuckHuntDog

DeathtoDuckHuntDog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:50:09 +0000

Eww, valley girl. Like, gag me with a spoon.

By: DeathtoDuckHuntDog

DeathtoDuckHuntDog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:49:05 +0000

I had a TEACHER in college that used “umm”, “uhh” and “like” more than any person I’ve ever encountered in my entire life (probably combined). I always wanted to punch him in the face. >=(

By: Fence Walker

Fence Walker — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:38:06 +0000

I find that the best way to help someone stop saying ‘um’ and ‘uh’ is to count how many times they say it throughout a presentation. Then hand it to them later.
Also works good if you’re sitting in front of/behind/next to someone who is counting someone’s ‘um’s. Makes you more wary of your filler words when you get up to actually talk.

By: the_original_shortright

the_original_shortright — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:33:07 +0000

depends on which house. the girls in my house were quite articulate… our neighbors i don’t believe could read and as such resorted to the “valley girl” speech patterns.

By: VtM

VtM — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:49:05 +0000

Actually, the “relevant information” piece of the pie-chart is too big for sorority girls’ limits… imho

By: S

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:26:01 +0000

I didn’t have that problem presenting in speech class. I had a stammer I had to deal with instead. It filled all the emptiness with the last syllable of the previous word being repeated involuntarily…

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:09:19 +0000

I believe this could also describe sorority girls…

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:42:41 +0000

As soon as I saw this graph, I thought that as well.

By: guyontehinterwebs

guyontehinterwebs — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:21:53 +0000

Um…That’s like…real true, man…it’s like…TEH ANNOYINGZ!
Oh wait, that’s like the wrong like site.

By: Parp555

Parp555 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:00:31 +0000

I actually sent this in after listening to my classmates projects. I am just a high school student who is tired of hearing the word “like” all the time

By: Gouvy

Gouvy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:00:02 +0000

I made one of those speeches this morning!

By: Wiggy

Wiggy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:37:49 +0000

I got that same feeling…

By: LibrarianJessica

LibrarianJessica — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:29:31 +0000

Ummm, like, yanno…. what about “actually”?

By: Taaroko

Taaroko — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:10:18 +0000

Sent in by an embittered high school teacher, perhaps?