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Chk chk chk was the most common, but they could just as easily be called Pow Pow Pow, Bam Bam Bam or Uh Uh Uh, etc etc etc.
It was "uh, uh, uh" all the time.
The band explain that !!! can be pronounced by repeating any monosyllabic sounds three times, like "pow pow pow", "bam bam bam" or "uh uh uh".
Rahman, with thick red boxing gloves, punched the mitts vigorously -- grunting a rhythmic "uh, uh, uh" with each blow -- while his trainer, the gray-bearded Adrian Davis, moving in the ring like a referee, barked instructions and encouragement.
If I'm starting to panic, I go: 'Uh uh, Rose: you've got this.' It calms you down".
Whoa, is the "uh uh uh uh uh" interruption really a valid rhetorical strategy?
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On it is painted … Uh-uh.
Language is burnt back to a rubble of grunts and fillers: uh-uh, OK, yeah.
"Happy, uh-uh-uh, Halloween, uh-uh-uh".
"Thanks, uh-uh-uh, everyone," you say.
We need, uh-uh-uh, to talk about social media strategy, uh-uh-uh," you continue.
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