A Conversation for Attack Of The Mutant Expressions
Hum and hah
AlexAshman Started conversation Jul 17, 2009
I always thought it was 'um and ah' - hem and haw seems to be much the same thing, though, so I'm not panicking yet.
Good entry 
Hum and hah
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 17, 2009
Thanks.
And yes, that was a difficult one - you'd think any sort of filler noises would be correct, but it's actually considered a set expression only with those two 
Hum and hah
Yvonne aka india Posted Jul 19, 2009
I always used umming and ahhing when it came to indecision, so when I first heard hem and haw it sounded tremendously upper class.
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