Do you notice other people's babbling?

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Not quite sure if ''babbling'' is the right word, but a lot of people babble between words without realising it. In fact, we all do it, even on telle, unless the words are pre-written and rehearsed like a TV soap. The ''in between words'' (or ''babbling'') are words like ''basically'', ''practically'', ''as I say'', ''sort of'', ''you know'', ''like'', ''I mean'', ''well'', ''uhh'', ''erm'', and ''err'' (can't think of any more). I won't add swear words, although some people do use swear words between words. Some people say these words mentioned above between almost every other word, others don't do it as often, and others only use it sometimes, depending on what they're talking about and who they're talking to. But when people are talking, they don't talk as though they're reading out something. And these ''in between words'' get filtered out by the listener. I was just wondering if anyone here takes notice of other people's babbling.

(Example of a person saying something. The words in bold are the ''in between words''):-
''I think the new buses are, like, not very good, because, I mean, the last service was much better, and, you know, was always running on time, practically every single hour, but, as I say, this new service isn't that good. I mean, I, sort of, think that it's all crazy really, you know, it was a bad idea. As I say, I really don't know why they changed the bus to such a bad service....''

Yeah, I like, notice it, and it like, practically pisses me off, yaknowumsayin?

I was raised in California so I'm sort of used to the whole "like" thing *shrugs*

I say "um" a lot though........is that babbling? Probably.....yes.

Yes, but we all do it. I should do it more, because while I'm babbling, it can give me an extra second or two to think of what to say next, rather than keep giving gaps all the time, because people then fill the gaps and don't give me a chance to say a full sentence.

I'm guilty of using "like". It's because It's taken better than sitting there silently. Then they think you're stopped speaking for some reason.

I hate it when my friends talk like a valley girl!

I hate it when my mum talks to me like a Valley Girl. I can't stand hearing people talk like Valley Girls. I'm going to be in a nursing home at the age of 90 surrounded by all these nurses who talk like Valley Girls. I'm really not looking forward to that.

I hate when people talk like that! Ironically the high school I went to for a little while was called Wayne "Valley" and there were "valley" girls there!

I like using those words.

Although, I remember my Physics teacher would mark us off for every "filler" word we said in a presentation. The result? I had mine timed and memorized, and I spoke so fast that I couldn't understand what I was saying sometimes.

However, I am trying to get rid of some of them. For instance, I am trying to only use like in situations such as the first line.

What annoys me is mumblers. They make me sound deaf, but really, they just need to be more concise in their speaking.

Another thing, don't you think interjections are sort of the same? Just because the word is longer, doesn't mean that it isn't doing the same job of filling up space.

It's annoying but then again I do it too but not like a valley girl. I use it to borrow time so I can process what I'm going to say.