Referring Clues

• "Beg your pardon"
• "Excuse me"
• Throat-clearing sound
• "Um, excuse me"
• "Pardon me"
• Throat clearer
• Doubt-conveying interjection
• Attention-getter
• "Excuse me..."
• "Um, pardon me"
• Start of a break-in
• [Pardon]
• "Beg pardon ..."
• Verbal break-in
• "May I have your attention?"
• Sound of a frog?
• "Did you forget about me?"
• "Excuse me ..."
• Interrupter's word
• Interruption
• "Don't forget about me"
• Coughlike utterance
• Slight interruption
• Throat clearing
• "Pardon me ..."
• "Um, I hate to interrupt ..."
• Pause filler
• Clearing, of sorts
• "What am I, invisible?"
• "Excuse me ..."
• Meaningful little cough
• "Your slip is showing"
• "Pardon"
• Throaty sound
• "Um, pardon me ..."
• "Uh ... excuse me"
• "Sorry to intrude ..."
• Start of a break-in?
• Faux cough
• Attention getter
• "May I speak?!"
• "Uh, excuse me"
• Polite way to interrupt someone
• Call for attention
• "Uh, pardon me"
• Quiet cough
• Attention-getting cough
• "Excuse me," nonverbally
• "Excuse me!"
• "Harrumph!"
• "Beg pardon..."
• Throat clearing sound
• Interrupter's utterance
• "May I get a word in?"
• "Um, pardon me..."
• "Uh...excuse me"
• Interrupter's interjection
• Bid for attention
• Polite interruption
• Polite interjection
• "Beg pardon"
• "Uh ... pardon me"
• "Could I interject?"
• Polite attention-getter
• "Um ... excuse me"
• "Could I interrupt?"
• "Excuse me, but ..."
• Attention-getting sound
• Contrived cough
• "May I speak?"
• "If I may interject ..."
• Guttural interruption
• Subtle warning sound
• Sound before "Your, um, fly is open"
• Attention-getter noise
• "What am I, chopped liver?!"
• "May I interrupt?"
• Interruption sound
• "I'm still in the room, y'know"
• Sound of throat clearing
• Notice-seeking sound
• "May I say something?"
• Interrupter's sound
• "I'd like to get a word in?"
• Unobtrusive attention getter
• "Can I say something?"
• "Uh, excuse me?"
• Doubting sound
• "Might I interrupt?"
• "Excuse me!"
• "Beg pardon . . ."
• "I'm still standing here!"
• "Um, excuse me"
• "Uh . . . excuse me"
• Gentle interruption
• Throat-clearer's word
• "Beg pardon!"
• "Um, excuse me . . "
• Sound for attention
• "Could we get on with it?"
• "Beg pardon"
• "Can I get a word in?"
• "Did you forget about me?"
• Attention-getting interjection
• "Pardon me"
• "Do you mind?"
• Interjection to express doubt
• "Excuse me"
• Cousin of "psst!"
• "Excuse me ..."
• "Um . . . excuse me"
• "Can I cut in?" noise
• "Beg pardon . . ."
• "Your attention, please!"
• "Might I add a word?"
• Meaning of a meaningful cough
• "Excuse me . . ."
• Cutting-in noise
• Throaty interjection
• "Psst" alternative
• "I beg your pardon"
• Small clearing?
• "I'm standing right here!"
• "Sorry to interrupt ..."
• "Um, excuse me ..."
• Sound of a break-in?
• "Attention please ..."
• "I'd like to say something"
• Sound before "Your fly is open"
• "Pay attention to me!"
• Throaty attention getter
• "Can I get a word in?"
• "I'm waiting!"
• "Attention please!"
• "Don't you forget about me"
• Tap-on-the shoulder alternative
• Throat-clearing noise
• Sound of interruption
• "Uh, excuse me ..."
• Throaty cousin of "psst!"
• "Excuse me …"
• "Do you mind?"
• Cousin of "psst!"
• "Might I interrupt?"
• "I'm still standing here!"
• "Beg pardon!"
• "Um, excuse me . . "
• Breaking-in sound
• [You've got a booger]
• "I'm standing RIGHT HERE"
• Oral interruption
• [I'm talking here]
• "Pardon me..."
• "Pardon me!"
• Interruptive sound
• [I'm trying to speak here]
• "If I may interrupt ..."
• Throat sound
• Throat noise
• Guttural utterance
• 'May I interrupt?'
• 'If I may interrupt, ...'
• 'Pardon me'
• Alternative to 'psst'
• 'Excuse me ...'
• 'Psst' alternative
• "Could we get started, please ..."
• Subtle 'Yo!'
• "Attention, please!"
• Cutting-in word
• Informal interrupter
• "Hey, I was sitting there" noise
• Throat-clearing
• "Over here"
• "Will you let me finish?"
• "Am I invisible over here?"
• 'Uh, excuse me ...'
• "Can I have your attention?"
• Interupter's utterance
• "I hate to interrupt ..."
• "Could we move on?"
• [May I have your attention?]
• Throat-clearing utterance
• "Psst!" alternative
• Interrupting word
• Throaty interruption
• Uh ___ pardon me
• "If I may say something ..."
• 'If I may interrupt ...'
• [Attention, please ...]
• Throat-clearer's sound
• "Pardon the interruption ..."
• "Um, I'm trying to talk here ..."
• Kiss interrupter, maybe
• "If I may butt in ..."
• "Beg your pardon ... "
• Throat-clearer
• "Excuse me ... "
• Word of pardon
• "Um, pardon ..."
• "I'm right here, you know"
• "Can we get back to the subject, please?"
• Sound of a polite interruption
• "I'd like to cut in ..."
• Attention-getting utterance
• "If I may interject ... "
• Cousin of "um"
• Attention-attracting sound
• "Aren't you forgetting something?"
• "Pardon me ... "
• Sound of a forced cough
• "Pardon ..."
• "I'd like to make a point ..."
• Breaking-in comment
• Throat-clearing word
• Guttural "Psst!"
• Relative of 'psst'
• "If I could get a word in ..."
• "If I may cut in ... "
• Sound made with fist-to-mouth
• Quiet "Excuse me"
• "Hello ... I'm right here"
• "Psst!" kin
• "May I have your attention" sound
• "Shh!" relative
• Subtle "Excuse me ..."
• Throaty "beg pardon ..."
• "You forgot about me ..."
• *cough*
• Interrupting sound
• Guttural break-in
• "Excuse me" noise
• "Your fly is open" noise
• "Excuse me, I was here first" noise
• Attention-getting noise
• "Excuse me" sound
• "I'm right here"
• Gentle utterance to attract attention
• Throat clearing sound to catch attention
• An edgy little cough?
• "Forgetting something?"
• Er, I say, one is on edge
• "Beg pardon ..." sound
• "If I may intrude ..."
• "Um, don't look now, but ..."
• "Um, I'm right here"
• "May I speak?"
• Interrupting cough
• Interrupting cough or throat-clearing sound
• A cloth border attracts attention
• Throaty sound made by seamstress
• My leaving chaos is a polite bid for attention
• May I draw your attention to a bit of skirt
• Menahem has a little cough
• "Uh, don't forget about me ... "
• Sound that might suggest "I'd like to say something"
• Conversation stopper
• "Can I get a word in here?"
• 'Psst' cousin
• One's on edge - pardon me
• "May I interrupt?" sound
• Throaty "Excuse me ..."
• Break-in sound?
• Furtive "Hey you!"
• [I'm still here, you know]
• "May I say something?"
• (Hello-o-o?!)
• Buttinsky's utterance
• Subtle "Beg pardon"
• "Pardon me ..." sound
• Throaty comment
• “Uh, excuse me...”
• Word of disapproval
• Sign of clearing
• "If I may say a few words ..."
• *cough, cough*
• Ah me, it's a funny little cough
• A little cough when one is on edge
• "If I might interrupt ..."
• Polite cough sound
• "If I may speak ..."
• Just a marginal cough?
• “I’m standing right here!”
• “Excuse me...”
• [Um ... I'm standing right here]
• Sound of impatience
• Attention-grabbing sound
• "Uh, I'm here too!"
• "I have something to say"
• "Excuse me" throaty sound
• Audible nudge
• Buttinsky's sound
• [I can hear you, you know]
• "I'm interrupting ..."
• "Um, sorry to intrude ..."
• It's more obvious than "Psst!"
• A he-man gives a little cough
• "What about me?!"
• "I'm talking now"
• "May I say something?" sound
• "Did you dare forget about me?"
• "Uh ... I'm standing right here"
• [I'm about to speak ...]
• Noise before a break-in
• An edgy little cough?
• "I'm literally right here ..."
• [purposeful cough]
• [If you'll allow me to butt in ...]
• Sound in a clearing?
• Attention seeker?
• "Listen up!"
• Interjection that might serve as a mild warning
• "Um, can I get a word in?"
• [Clears throat]
• Attention-getting polite cough
• "If I may ... "
• Attention-seeking sound
• "May I say ... "
• [Um, I can hear everything you're saying, you know]
• "Excuse you!"