I have been reminded that Spanish is very similar here, the standard filler word in many Latin American countries is "esto" ("this") just as "nèi ge" is "that" Hopefully there's no language where "esto" is a highly offensive racist slurhttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1305523212235599875 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
My first thought after thinking about how much I say “este” was wondering if it’s the kind of filler word stutterers get stuck on in particular in Mandarin too
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Replying to @chrysopoetics
Yes, with the bonus that if you're a Mandarin speaker in the US you might get mistaken for going on a muttering racist rant to yourself
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Replying to @chrysopoetics
Imagine if you were stuck in some country where an "istae" is a misogynist slur or something and you happened to be standing next to a large group of women while having a conversation on the phone with your parents
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They're just staring at you getting madder and madder while you're unknowingly going "wh**es, wh**es, wh**es... wh******res..."
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