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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Spoken inarticulations</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="construction.html" title="Chapter 4. Jargon Construction"/><link rel="previous" href="overgeneralization.html" title="Overgeneralization"/><link rel="next" href="anthropomorphization.html" title="Anthropomorphization"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Spoken inarticulations</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="overgeneralization.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 4. Jargon Construction</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="anthropomorphization.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="inarticulations"/>Spoken inarticulations</h2></div></div><div/></div><p>Words such as ‘mumble’, ‘sigh’, and
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‘groan’ are spoken in places where their referent might more
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naturally be used. It has been suggested that this usage derives from the
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impossibility of representing such noises on a comm link or in electronic
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mail, MUDs, and IRC channels (interestingly, the same sorts of constructions
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have been showing up with increasing frequency in comic strips). Another
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expression sometimes heard is “<span class="quote">Complain!</span>”, meaning “<span class="quote">I have
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a complaint!</span>”</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="overgeneralization.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="construction.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="anthropomorphization.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Overgeneralization </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Anthropomorphization</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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