I Will Give You Five Dollars
If you hear me say ‘uh’ or ‘um’ I will give you five dollars. This offer stands until the day I die.
This goes for in person and in my podcasts as well (I’ll PayPal you the money if you’re outside Michigan).
Fine print:
1) I’ll only pay $5 once per ‘uh’ or ‘um’ said. (Replaying a recording of me saying ‘uh’ or ‘um’ ten times will only get you $5 once.)
2) If the ‘uh’ or ‘um’ is in a podcast, the first person to point it out in a comment will be the only person eligible to receive the cash.
3) This commitment is effective from here forward. Past podcasts are not eligible!
Fun fact: This commitment was inspired by the following YouTube video.
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Oy vey! Talk about assertiveness and public speaking skills!
Not to mention awareness…you would think someone would add intonations to *important* parts of speech, not brain-farts or unintentional attempts to fill time.
I feel bad for the organization and anyone else who was an active part of that event. The “Uh’s” and “Um’s” could be such a cause for distraction and annoyance that their spilloff effect would have much more impact than on just the speaker’s reputation alone.
Pretty ear-wrenching, eh.