You can do a careful job of researching your topic, and get all the details correct. For example, on June 21, 2018 there was an article by Lisa Evans at Fast Company titled So, like, how can I, um, clean up my speech? She said that:
“A tried-and-true program for
overcoming your fears of public speaking and improving your speech skills,
Toastmasters can also help you eliminate your ums, aahs, and likes.
Toastmasters assigns a grammarian to each meeting whose job is to record all
the filler words used by speakers. Knowing that someone is listening for these
words can help you to recognize them in your speech and take steps toward
eliminating them.”
First that organization is called Toastmasters
International, and second the person who counts filler words at a club meeting
is logically called the Ah-Counter. (In some clubs the roles of Ah-Counter and
Grammarian are combined to an Ah-Grammarian. Perhaps Lisa just heard the second
part of that combination.) I saw the Fast Company article mentioned at the In the News
section on the Media Center web page for Toastmasters International.
The galvanized steel sculpture of a cleaning woman is at the entrance to the
Museum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho.
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