What is the difference between uh and ah?
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Expression of confusion or uncertainty.
Space filler or pause during conversation.
An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 24, author=William Grimes, title=Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers, work=New York Times
, passage=Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs , which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison ’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s. }}
An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, et cetera according to uttered inflection.
A word used for drama or emphasis.
A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
Ah is a related term of uh.
As interjections the difference between uh and ah
is that uh is expression of confusion or uncertainty while ah is an expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, et cetera according to uttered inflection.As nouns the difference between uh and ah
is that uh is an occurrence of the interjection "uh" while ah is an instance of the interjection ''ah.As a pronoun ah is
eye dialect of I#Pronoun|I|lang=en, most often indicating that the speaker is using a Scottish or American (particularly Southern) accent.uh
English
Interjection
(en-interj)- Uh , who was that?
- Uh , let me see...
See also
* er * erm * um * uh-oh * ohNoun
(en noun)citation
Anagrams
* ----ah
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Ah , I see.
- Ah!
- Ah , the flowers of spring.
- ah, ah, ah .