Do that make it word..?Nah, Hev! As specified in the dictionary, that makes these terms
interjections. I think you could argue that interjections shouldn't really be in the dictionary in the first place. Like, how do you
spell them?
Is
uh the same as
huh or
uhh ?
Is
er the same as
erm or
ehm ?
Do
um,
er and
uh mean more or less the same thing anyway?
If you don't have a consistent set of spellings and meanings, you ain't got much of a word, eh? (or
hein? as belM may have it..)
I find myself writing a fair amount of hmmmms, a supposedly thoughtful interjection. But the written words lie - in reality I say errrmmmms a lot more.
Eek, the truth is out now.
Fisk