When we visit a garden, we appreciate the beautiful flowers in the garden. Nobody appreciates weeds mushrooming wildly. Filler words in our speeches are like those weeds - unappreciated and unwanted. And just like ...
Tag: Ah counter role in toastmaster
A cheeky script for the Ah Counter
There are a lot of amazing things you can fill into your speeches. You can fill humor into them, knowledge, anecdotes and of course an important message. Filler words are clearly not a great fit here. They are unnecessary, unwanted and ...
An ah counter script from a new member
When I first came in as a guest in this club, I participated in Table topics thrice. And every time the Ah counter reported that I uttered “so” and “like” multiple times during my 2 minute speech. I was astounded because I never realized I had a habit of repeating these words so ...
An ah counter script on human eccentricities
Human beings are an eccentric bunch. And one of our eccentricities is filler words. We are the only species who have evolved to use languages containing thousands and thousands of beautiful words. Yet when we speak, we tend to make sounds such as ah, umm, err etc. that have no meaning, or worse ...
An ah counter script from the FRIENDS reunion show
I was watching FRIENDS reunion yesterday and couldn’t help notice how emotional and nostalgic the six characters were. Each of them was spontaneous and fluid not just while reminiscing the memories together back in the apartment but also when interviewed by the host James Corden, as if speaking straight from the heart. Except when ...
An Ah Counter script on exclamations
There are two kinds of public speakers. The first kind tells you gripping stories, insightful information, things that light a bulb in your mind to make you exclaim “ahh” in astonishment. The second kind ...
An ah counter script with definition from wikipedia
Hello everyone. Ah counter is a rather cute name we give in Toastmasters to what is technically called as speech disfluency. The Wikipedia defines speech disfluency as any of various breaks, irregularities or non ...
An ah counter script based on an iconic speech
I have a dream umm that one day this nation will rise up and umm live out the true meaning of its creed, “we hold these truths ahh to be self evident, that all men are created equal” ...
An Ah counter script on poor signal
Have you ever tried to listen to a radio with poor signal? Try may be an understatement because you really have to strain your concentration to understand what the radio station is exactly playing. After some time you realize there’s just too much noise and you stop ...
Creative Ah Counter script
Humans are materialistic beings. All of us enjoy filling up our sacs, be it filling our stomach with food, our pockets with dollars or even our homes with worthless IKEA crap. All that is good and fine. But why ...
My Meeting Roles 