Why filler expressions matter

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Hi!

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I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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Today, let's talk about six plus one bonus filler expression that you can use in daily

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conversation.

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First, let's talk about what in the world are filler expressions.

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I want to make a difference between filler expressions and words that actually mean something.

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A lot of videos that I saw on YouTube about filler expressions also included expressions

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that have a meaning.

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It's just another way to say "yes" or another way to say "I agree" or another way to say

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"I'm listening."

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But these filler expressions that I'm going to share with you have no meaning except to

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kind of waste some time until you can think about the end of your sentence, or what you

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want to say.

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So these are true filler expressions.

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They have no inherent meaning in themselves, but they're just to help you spend a couple

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seconds before you think about what you want to say next.

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Of course, I need to add the disclaimer that when you're speaking in a professional situation,

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you should try to avoid using these filler words, because it kind of seems like you don't

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know what you're going to say, or what you should say next, and that's exactly why we

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use filler expressions.

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It's when you don't know what you're going to say next or you're trying to think of the

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next word or the end of your sentence.