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I'm more of a fan of rappers who say "na'msayin" at the end of every sentence.
It's a disfluency or a discourse marker.
Rather than pause and have the other person feel like they can interject, the speaker uses ums, ahs, you knows, etc to indicate they are still speaking but have to think about what they're going to say.
That chick gets hit in the head for a living and POUNDED by HD Barry give it a rest.
This is the answer. I don’t say this when I’m speaking with friends or anywhere else but I’ve been filmed for a few interviews and caught myself doing it a lot during the interview. Being filmed while interviewed is weird unless it’s something you’re used to.Nervous speaking habits. Everyone has them