tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808487949051617772.post8063350794918986808..comments2023-10-18T03:50:27.006-04:00Comments on xoxoxo e: buon giorno signore, come sta?xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11993751439653647136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808487949051617772.post-90936194611302392802009-03-18T14:00:00.000-04:002009-03-18T14:00:00.000-04:00wow that's a really great point. There's someone a...wow that's a really great point. There's someone at work who i swear would always be talking to me , starting in the middle of a sentence, sometimes even a paragraph! I've talked to her about it and she has slowed down and realizes that I need a moment to look up and tear myself away from something and focus.<BR/><BR/>I actually don't mind the informality of dress as much. My grandmother would be horrified, of course and my mother loves to say how when "she lived in NY" she wouldn't be caught dead going anywhere w/o her heels and red lipstick." Of course now that's switched to Reeboks and, I'm afraid, still red lipstick.xoxoxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993751439653647136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808487949051617772.post-76005947342706797082009-03-18T11:33:00.000-04:002009-03-18T11:33:00.000-04:00I wonder if the loss of conversational niceties is...I wonder if the loss of conversational niceties is part of the general informalizing of our culture (which is really obvious here in Austin where people wear shorts and sandals EVerywhere, all year round). When it comes to clothes, I kind of like the trend -- I don't like dressing up much. But I feel the same as you about politeness in speech.<BR/><BR/>There's also a cognitive purpose to those phrases -- they warm up your brain to hear the content that comes after. They draw your focus. If someone just walks up and starts talking to me, I miss the first half of the sentence while my brain adjusts to the timbre of the person's voice and gets ready to take in what he or she is saying.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893392324561217969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808487949051617772.post-23006717468365325312009-03-17T19:57:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:57:00.000-04:00I'll never forgetVamos a las carreras de perros!Ye...I'll never forget<BR/><BR/>Vamos a las carreras de perros!<BR/><BR/>Yet I still haven't seen a dog race...xoxoxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993751439653647136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808487949051617772.post-40183759505379615642009-03-17T19:55:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:55:00.000-04:00Oui, et Sylvie est a la piscine! Eigth grade Frenc...Oui, et Sylvie est a la piscine! Eigth grade French. Rocl on!janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542062911686256976noreply@blogger.com