You know what I think is really cool about language (English in this case)? It’s the way you can express “I don’t know” without opening your mouth. All you have to do is hum a low note, a high note, then another lower note. The same goes for yes and no. Does anyone know what this is called?
These are called vocables, a form of non-lexical utterance - that is, wordlike sounds that aren’t strictly words, have flexible meaning depending on context, and reflect the speakers emotional reaction to the context rather than stating something specific. They also include uh-oh! (that’s not good!), uh-huh and mm-hmm (yes), uhn-uhn (no), huh? (what?), huh… (oh, I see…), hmmn… (I wonder… / maybe…), awww! (that’s cute!), aww… (darn it…), um? (excuse me; that doesn’t seem right?), ugh and guh (expressions of alarm, disgust, or sympathy toward somebody else’s displeasure or distress), etc.
Every natural human language has at least a few vocables in it, and filler words like “um” and “erm” are also part of this overall class of utterances. Technically “vocable” itself refers to a wider category of utterances, but these types of sounds are the ones most frequently being referred to, when the word is used.
Reblog if u just hummed all of these out loud as you read them
smash that mf reblog if u hate pedophiles
You know that post with the broken likes? If this doesn’t get enough reblogs to crash the icon then I’m fucking rioting
Whoever doesn’t repost this I’m afraid of
Let’s GO GO GO!!!
If u can’t rb this u r dead to me
RB RB RB
this got 1k notes in 4 hours are y'all ok
this got 5k notes in 6 hours are y'all ok
No but like :/
Anxiety cryptid babey!!
NO NONE OF US ARE OK BUT WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT EXCEPT SCREAM
Fuck you op because this hurts
Anxiety genius and ADHD/Autism Cryptid
cryptid depression
If I had a boyfriend and he was chubby I would simply die (because he’d be so handsome 😳).
you guys remember when you were 12 and you thought you were the worst person in existence because you said ‘y-you too’ to a waiter, but now you’re older and hate cops and facists more than you hate yourself? you know what that is? growth.




















