[lojban] Hesitation sounds in natural langauge

[".arpis." <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>]

A friend of mine mentioned the following (with this book as a source: http://www.amazon.com/Most-Human-Talking-Computers-Teaches/dp/0385533063):

Humans, naturally, when speaking, have two distinct hesitation sounds in almost all natural languages (English having uh and um), one of which is a short pause, during which the speaker is planning eir next words but intends to continue the utterance, and the other of which is a longer pause which invites interruption or assistance.

I have never heard natural (not scripted) lojban conversations, and to the best of my knowledge, there is only one hesitation sound in lojban (ybu).

Does anyone who knows more about this topic than I do have any comments?

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mu'o mi'e .arpis.

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