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Subject:Re[2]: spoken & written usage From:"Virginia L. Krenn" <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 22 Nov 1994 12:22:23 -0600
A man from Baton Rouge worked in our office and we had a very difficult
time understanding him. He would get angry when we asked him to repeat
something. He claimed that we just weren't trying to understand him. One
morning, he came in and apologized to all of us. He had left a message to
his wife on his answering machine. When he heard the playback, he couldn't
understand himself.
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Author: Gwen Barnes <gwen -dot- barnes -at- mustang -dot- com> at SMTP
-> Both speech patterns seem about equally prevalent here in New Mexico.
-> have a lovely 21 year old daughter who earned her BA last year who st
-> can't seem to carry on an intelligent conversation. She and her peer
-> sprinkle "go" and "like" in their sentences until it sounds like some
-> spilled the salt. I'm hoping she will soon outgrow this habit. Does
-> anyone know a good cure?
A tape recorder, perhaps? Also, I saw a T-shirt that said "I'm talking
and I can't shut up" ...
