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#151058 11/27/05 11:42 AM
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> Eh?

ears and lips, man.


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#151059 11/27/05 01:03 PM
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ears and lips, man.




Try brain.

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Try TEd's sense of humor...

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Try TEd's sense of humor...







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speech recognition wetware is distinctly imperfect also - recognising the speech, yet failing to understand the phrase, you mean?

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speech recognition wetware is distinctly imperfect also - recognising the speech, yet failing to understand the phrase, you mean?




No, I mean mishearing what was said.

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See my penultimate post.


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eh?

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T being immediately kittycorner from H: Camp Child Love in Mucuouslovakia specializes in the care, upbringing, and sale of children. In their language, such activity is translated as "tendering"

So once a year they have this conference


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T being immediately kittycorner from H: Camp Child Love in Mucuouslovakia specializes in the care, upbringing, and sale of children. In their language, such activity is translated as "tendering"

So once a year they have this conference




"sale"?!

That's quite interesting -- but the word tenders doesn't fit grammatically into Marianna's sentence (even given the fact that it's probably a translation).

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