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  • Stacked Metaphors

    Employed skillfully, the metaphor is a powerful communication device. What better way to examine its effects than by visual metaphor? Suppose, modestly, that individual H is seeking to regale individual S with a captivatingly told account of an experience the former has had. Let the truth of the experience be a point centered within a…

  • Awkward Moments

    Inserting ‘bye,’ ‘talk to you later,’ ‘later,’ and other conversation closing formalities at the end of an answering machine message is an awkward thing to do because the person being addressed isn’t there to reply likewise. And message leavers know this, but they persist with closing formalities, because even though it’s awkward, closing with the…