The Lib Dem blogosphere’s very own Alex “Brevity” Wilcock has recently pointed out that he says “err” quite a lot.
Well, my paws, tail, the paws of my neighbouring dogs, other tails and a few human fingers have been busy counting this evening.
We’ve been digesting the YouTube video of him speaking at the Brighton Conference blogging awards.
He spoke for 558 seconds and said “er” 71 times. That’s once every 8 seconds.
Just thought you’d like to know.
Time to rest my paws…
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