Quote Originally Posted by Bob Seijasicon View Post
The doctor who gave the news conference about Pres. Trump's physical used "y'know" incessantly, even as high as six times in a single sentence. All of these fillers (um, er, y'know) are unconscious attempts to say, "Don't stop listening, I'm still talking."
It also is a a sign of an uneducated or ignorant mind. It's akin to the excessive use of the F-bomb because one is too unlearned or ignorant to know the proper qualifier needed.
Jon