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My rehab roomie has an unusual habit when speaking. He randomly inserts the syllable "way" in his phrases (seldom finishes a complete sentence) and often repeats it multiple times. Some examples:

I way

I way way

My wife way

My son way

I want way way way to toilet way.

Bed way

Way way way

No way way way

Yes way

This way

That way that way

Any way

Which way and way

Why way

OK way way

So way

Some way

Thank way

Oh way

One two way three

Way way way did you eat? [to his wife]

Thrift way [also to his wife]

Each way

The way

[Speech therapist: "Tell me your name and date of birth"] way… way… way…

["Are you feeling any pain?"] In a way what way

["What kind of eggs?] this way the way the way Sunday way

By this have way

[getting ready for therapy]

[therapist — specifically the speech therapist; most of the following quotations are taken from his answers to the questions and prompts from the speech therapist]

[therapist asks directions] kid's way his way same…

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