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Re: disfluencies/editing expressions

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, August 26, 2004, 3:19
B. Garcia scripsit:

> "Es de" seemed very prevalent on television interviews, when the > interviewee had to think about something. In conversations it seemed > pretty much the same.
It's almost certainly "este", like stuttering "that is, that is" in English. -- All Norstrilians knew what laughter was: John Cowan it was "pleasurable corrigible malfunction". http://www.reutershealth.com --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrilia jcowan@reutershealth.com

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