Randy from Live Oak, Florida, remembers a man in Central Florida who often added a few words to a simple sentence of explanation, usually thing ‘ere or thing like that and all. That might just reflect his own habitual way of speaking. Entertainer Jack Benny had a somewhat similar bit of speech pathology, inserting the expression you know throughout his speech, seemingly without being aware of it. This is part of a complete episode.
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