. >>> today's data dive gets pretty definitive on lang yij. "new yorker" looked at kid's speech, verbal crutches people use, like like, um, and others. it drives us crazy trying to stop them using the words, but it may be a sign of deeper signature. a study was republished called um, like, you know. filler word use - universities of texas looked at hundred of transcripts. people that used discourse markers, phrasers such as i mean or you know, or ah or um are female and younger. they are more conscientious. ufght words means they are tail ouring their speech or story to the context or person fresh speaking with. >> while a teenage girl may say that teacher is like, whatever, i mean, you know. it sounds like a babbling teenager. sometimes that's all it is. the experts say it could be translated to mr smith is so difficult to deal with, am i alone with my opinion. i prefer parents would prefer it be said that which. you know, can be used to shorten a story by referring to something understood by all. think about how many was conveyed by yada, ya