Types | Items (turn-initial PMs) | Free-standing | Initial in turn | Total |
Primary interjections | Oh | 3 | 90 | 93 |
Ah | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
Uh | 10 | 10 | ||
Um | 7 | 7 | ||
Wow | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Hmm | 2 | 2 | ||
mm(m) | 2 | 2 | ||
Shh | 2 | 2 | ||
Huh | 1 | 1 | ||
Brrr. Heh. | 1 | 1 | ||
Whoo | 1 | 1 | ||
Ooh | 1 | 1 | ||
* | Total | 7 | 131 | 138 |
Secondary interjections | Well | 1 | 53 | 54 |
Yeah | 10 | 33 | 43 | |
Okay | 4 | 14 | 18 | |
Hey | 18 | 18 | ||
God (Gee, good lord, holy smokes) | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Damn | 1 | 1 | ||
* | Total | 18 | 120 | 138 |
Total of all interjections | 35 | 251 | 276 | |
Non-interjections | so | 2 | 27 | 29 |
(all) right | 12 | 12 | ||
really | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
and | 9 | 9 | ||
you know | 9 | 9 | ||
because | 8 | 8 | ||
But | 2 | 2 | ||
you know what | 2 | 2 | ||
anyway...um | 1 | 1 | ||
Total of all non-interjections | 4 | 77 | 81 |