For a while, I've noticed my Japanese professor, Miyauchi-sensei, has the tendency to say "ですねぇ" and "ねぇ" frequently in class (which I would say are roughly equivalent to "Y'know?" or "Ey") Curious, I decided to keep a tally. In one 50 minute class...ですねぇ” was said 75 times and "ねぇ” was said 137 times. So, on average, that's about 1.5 utterances of
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