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