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Re: CHAT: Need a word for these!

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, January 31, 2002, 1:38
Danny Wier wrote:
> Someone who talks just to hear himself.
Windbag.
> Someone who speaks a term or phrase in, say French, and does it with correct > French pronunciation.
Pedant. :-)
> Talking continuously without any pauses, even between sentences or even > paragraphs, so that no one can chime in with a comment.
Talking a mile a minute And Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> And I don't talk about how English speakers treat foreign words :))
Well, the Japanese are, arguably, even worse than us. :-) Makudonaarudo, waapuro, sutoraiku. :-) -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42