Russian "Verbal Fillers"?

[Alexey I. Fuchs]

I can think now of three simple 'nonsense things' as you call them, that
appear in the speech, but it should be noted that their usage is not
desired. If it can be avoided, it must be avoided. These are:
- Koroche (=In short);
- Znachit (to est') (=that means, I mean, idem est);
- Kak by (=as it were);

Usually, a person uses only one of them. I.e. in a speech of one certain
person you may not find all of them.


On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Udut, Kenneth wrote:

> Hello again, SEELANGers!
>
> I'm sure you are all quite busy with the new academic year,
> but I hope that you could, perhaps, answer a question of mine:
>
> What would be some "verbal fillers" in Russian?
>
> For example, in English, we have phrases like
> "You know", "like", "but that's how it goes", "so they say",
> "and so on", "etc", etc.
>
> I'd be very interested in a list of these.  I have a few lists
> of clauses (adjective clauses, noun clauses, etc, all
> nicely categorized), which is helping me quite a bit in
> learning to 'fill things in", connect ideas together...
>
> ...but I'm looking for those 'nonsense' things that
> are not strictly necessary in communication, but
> which are quite real and authentic, and help give
> the speaker (me in this case) a moment to think
> furthur - just as I use such phrases in English.
>
> Any help possible here?
>
>            Kenneth Udut
> Kenneth.Udut at SPCORP.COM
> "Voistinu CHelovek
> `Etot byl Syn Bozhij!'"
>