OT: Thanks and Margaret Thatcher (was: Re: scripts, was Re: TBird mail)

[rhkramer@gmail.com]

Thanks to David Wright and Greg Wooledge for their replies.

Thanks also to David for the reference to the article on Margaret Thatcher -- 
I'm trying to obtain a copy through my local library (ILL).


On Wednesday, December 07, 2022 11:53:18 AM David Wright wrote:
...
> Margaret Thatcher is a prime example, even making the pages of Nature:
> 
> https://www.nature.com/articles/300744a0
> 
> Of course, an initial "Er…" can be an important cue that you're going
> to say something. Without it, someone not paying attention to you will
> likely miss the first part of your utterance, or at least have to
> replay it in their head before comprehending it. I believe our replay
> mechanism has been much researched.

-- 
rhk 

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If you reply: snip, snip, and snip again; leave attributions; avoid HTML; 
avoid top posting; and keep it "on list".  (Oxford comma (and semi-colon) 
included at no charge.)  If you revise the topic, change the Subject: line.  
If you change the topic, start a new thread.

Writing is often meant for others to read and understand (legal documents 
excepted?) -- make it easier for your reader by various means, including 
liberal use of whitespace (short paragraphs, separated by whitespace / blank 
lines) and minimal use of (obscure?) jargon, abbreviations, acronyms, and 
references.

If someone has already responded to a question, decide whether any response 
you add will be helpful or not ...

A picture is worth a thousand words.  A video (or "audio"): not so much -- 
divide by 10 for each minute of video (or audio) or create a transcript and 
edit it to 10% of the original.

A speaker who uses ahhs, ums, or such may have a real physical or mental 
disability, or may be showing disrespect for his listeners by not properly 
preparing in advance and thinking before speaking.  (Remember Cicero who did 
not have enough time to write a short missive.)  (That speaker might have been 
"trained" to do this by being interrupted often if he pauses.)

A radio (or TV) station which broadcasts speakers with high pitched voices (or 
very low pitched / gravelly voices) (which older people might not be able to 
hear properly) disrespects its listeners.   Likewise if it broadcasts 
extraneous or disturbing sounds (like gunfire or crying), or broadcasts 
speakers using their native language (with or without an overdubbed 
translation).

A person who writes a sig this long probably has issues and disrespects (and 
offends) a large number of readers. ;-)
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