Comments on: how I talk http://cultureby.com/2007/11/how-i-talk.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gifted Slacker http://cultureby.com/2007/11/how-i-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-2424 Gifted Slacker Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:41:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=398#comment-2424 <strong>How IConverse</strong> No, not how I wear shoes. Rather, the manner in which I talk with others in an informal context. Theres another Grant that speaks the way I do, or the way I try to speak anyway. Maybe we really just share a similar approach to conversation. Yeah... How IConverse

No, not how I wear shoes. Rather, the manner in which I talk with others in an informal context.
Theres another Grant that speaks the way I do, or the way I try to speak anyway. Maybe we really just share a similar approach to conversation. Yeah…

]]> By: Adam Richardson http://cultureby.com/2007/11/how-i-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-2423 Adam Richardson Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:01:47 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=398#comment-2423 This is what drives me nuts about those human speech systems that use voice recognition instead of keypresses to navigate the menu of choices. You have to talk over them in order to get them to do anything, which always feels like interrupting, and therefore rude. Maybe I'm overly sensitive to this as I'm English, but still, it goes against my ingrained politeness. But if I waited til they finished speaking, I'll have forgotten what to say to get the choice I wanted. This is what drives me nuts about those human speech systems that use voice recognition instead of keypresses to navigate the menu of choices. You have to talk over them in order to get them to do anything, which always feels like interrupting, and therefore rude. Maybe I’m overly sensitive to this as I’m English, but still, it goes against my ingrained politeness. But if I waited til they finished speaking, I’ll have forgotten what to say to get the choice I wanted.

]]> By: Rob Fields http://cultureby.com/2007/11/how-i-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-2422 Rob Fields Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:29:25 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=398#comment-2422 Don't worry, Grant: You talk pretty someday. . .:) Don’t worry, Grant: You talk pretty someday. . .:)

]]> By: jkh http://cultureby.com/2007/11/how-i-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-2421 jkh Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:01:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=398#comment-2421 talking to yourself on a very early mornings walk by the sea (or in the woods or mountains) can deliver perfect cure for those suffering from the symptoms of speed talk competitiveness. or better: run - don't walk - to a well stocked dvd store near you and get aleksandr sokurov's "russkiy kovcheg" - "the russian ark". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812546/ !!!! highly recommended for many purposes. - cures most unwanted symptoms of contemporary culture known to man. repeat medication optional. talking to yourself on a very early mornings walk by the sea (or in the woods or mountains) can deliver perfect cure for those suffering from the symptoms of speed talk competitiveness.

or better: run – don’t walk – to a well stocked dvd store near you and get aleksandr sokurov’s “russkiy kovcheg” – “the russian ark”.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812546/
!!!!

highly recommended for many purposes. – cures most unwanted symptoms of contemporary culture known to man.

repeat medication optional.

]]> By: Carol Gee http://cultureby.com/2007/11/how-i-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-2420 Carol Gee Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:18:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=398#comment-2420 Conversation is a dance. Sometimes the conversants seem to be listening to entirely different bands. My couples in counseling used to do that. I am curious, Grant. I am interested in the similarities and differences between good writers and good speakers. Do you hear yourself speaking in your head as you write, or do you have a more visual writing self-impression? And do you have an audience in mind as you write or a conversant? Conversation is a dance. Sometimes the conversants seem to be listening to entirely different bands. My couples in counseling used to do that.
I am curious, Grant. I am interested in the similarities and differences between good writers and good speakers. Do you hear yourself speaking in your head as you write, or do you have a more visual writing self-impression? And do you have an audience in mind as you write or a conversant?

]]> By: fredrik sarnblad http://cultureby.com/2007/11/how-i-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-2419 fredrik sarnblad Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:18:06 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=398#comment-2419 This is a truly wonderful post to which I don't feel a 'cerebral', intellectual response is appropriate. Mind you, I wouldn't be capable of that anyway. I couldn't have found a more entertaining compilation of 700 words or so to go with my morning coffee. Thanks Grant! /Fredrik This is a truly wonderful post to which I don’t feel a ‘cerebral’, intellectual response is appropriate. Mind you, I wouldn’t be capable of that anyway.

I couldn’t have found a more entertaining compilation of 700 words or so to go with my morning coffee. Thanks Grant!
/Fredrik

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