In spoken conversing, many people (myself included) have words or phrases often repeated, sometimes functioning as a wait indicator as they prepare to render their next segment of text.

I don't know why but the phrase "you know" and similar phrases annoy me.

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@ThinkingSapien I know why.

It's because they tend to be used by the sort of people who regularly interrupt others as a guard against getting interrupted themselves by filling in the brief auditory gap with more of their own voice.

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