Horrible habit of saying "um"... I edit them out! Do you?

[Tropical365]

Creating videos really made me realize how often I say "um"... it's become incredibly annoying for me to hear myself saying it... so much so that I have started to edit it out most of the time I say "um" LOL. Am I the only one here who does that?

 

[Courtney Candice]

I’ve never really said um in a video, but I think that’s because when I was in school I took public speaking and debate and was taught to never say um or anything like that. We had to do mock trials, I think that helped me a lot and I was also in many drama classes and musicals so I kind of already knew what to do and not to do

 

[Tropical365]

I’ve never really said um in a video, but I think that’s because when I was in school I took public speaking and debate and was taught to never say um or anything like that. We had to do mock trials, I think that helped me a lot and I was also in many drama classes and musicals so I kind of already knew what to do and not to do

I also tend to say "ah" a lot. I will have to work on not saying "um" and "ah" because it's tedious to have to edit them out!

 

[Brandon]

I actually say "you know?" instead of "um" a lot. lmao. But I do edit both of them out when I can.

 

[Dutchie Abroad]

Oooooh yes! I even draw them out as I'm thinking, it's horrible xD I edit them out as much as possible, especially if I have multiple ums in one sentence.

 

[Gaijillionaire]

No. I read a script so that never happens

 

[babyteeth4]

If would weigh the pros and cons. If the jump cuts were more distracting I would leave the ums in.

 

[TheDutchTexan]

Oh man, when I first started recording videos I did them too. But, I just used the best cuts I had so it wasn't an issue. It is a strategy I still apply today, overlaying other content to "hide" the jump cuts as best I can to provide a seamless experience. The "uhms" are mostly gone now, it is more me flubbing words or loosing track on what I was saying during a car review. When you are moving your mind is more on the driving task than the talking task, which makes for interesting outtakes at times.

 

[Jackie Pearce]

I'm definitely still guilty of this! I get better as I practice, though.

 

[xingcat]

I don't tend to edit out the "ums," because I don't like jump-cuts in my videos. I was a member of Toastmasters years ago, and that really helped curb a lot of the "crutch words" ("um," "like," "you know,") that people rely on in my speaking voice. I find that it's easier to take a breath and say nothing in that second or two than to try to edit everything out later.