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Re:Paul Graham consistently says ‘um’ ~7 times per minute by sliverstorm on Monday March 12, 2012 @05:12PM (#3695575)
There's an even more low-tech way. Teacher starts calling you out on it. A little "ding" from a bell or similar draws your attention to it, when you wouldn't notice otherwise. After a while, your classmates will start policing each other, and even the quiet ones will speak up so they can play the "game" of avoiding filler words.
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Re:Paul Graham consistently says ‘um’ ~7 times per minute by nostrademons on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @12:15AM (#3696990)
I had a PM at Google who did debate in high school. In his debate class, everybody would throw a pen at him every time he said "um". He has very precise, articulate diction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtirDMfcOKE

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Re:Paul Graham consistently says ‘um’ ~7 times per minute by kevinclark on Monday March 12, 2012 @07:02PM (#3696126)
We did a similar thing in debate. When one person says 'um', so does everyone else. Stops the habit fairly quickly.
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Re:Paul Graham consistently says ‘um’ ~7 times per minute by ezl on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @01:37AM (#3697178)
our partner in cx would stand behind us and hit us on top of the head every time we said "um" or "like"
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Re:Paul Graham consistently says ‘um’ ~7 times per minute by mopoke on Monday March 12, 2012 @10:17PM (#3696689)
That reminds me very strongly of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdOomYvnyNI&t=1m13s
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