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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
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- devil's advocate: someone who argues from the position that your opponents might
- take, even if the advocate doesn't believe this position
- put [someone] on the spot: put someone at the center of attention, so they have to
- make a decision or act while everyone is focused on them
- speak/speech - more formal, more practiced, more studied
- - learn to speak a language, "I need to speak with you" is scarier.
- - giving a speech is usually more formal than giving a talk
- talk/tell/tale
- - baby talk, talk in your sleep, idle talk = gossip
- ("idle hands are the devil's playground")
- - "telling tales" = probably they are not true stories
- counterargument: an argument against a particular position
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- What kinds of things annoy you when you are talking/conversing with someone?
- interrupt you
- not paying attention to you / paying attention to something else
- not talking back
- raising the voice
- not looking at you
- only talking about themselves
- repeating the same idea/story/joke
- believing they are always right and you're wrong
- making things personal
- making up stories that are better than yours (one-upping your stories)
- losing interest in your story / getting anxious or impatient
- gossip
- complaining about their partner / complaining in general
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- least annoying (in a survey of Americans)
- a foreign or regional accent
- a high-pitched voice
- poor grammar, mispronunciation
- talking too fast
- using filler words ("you know", "like")
- monotonous, boring voice
- talking too loudly
- mumbling or talking too softly
- swearing
- interrupting while others are talking
- most annoying
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