[Dixielandjazz] Disfluencies

[Don Ingle]

There you go, Bill --dis-sing us. Disfluencies -- the halting, stopping, or
opposition of fluencies - creating an inability to talk in a fluent and
understandable manner. Sort of  like encountering a curvaceous naked lady
when you least expected to and try to carry on a normal conversation at the
moment. (An experience I have yet to have, but am open to learning new
things.)
Seems to be a made up word -- not unusual in the every changing English
language, but then many still think "ain't" ain't in the dictionary -- but
'tis so.
However, have a  caution. Splicing words together doesn't always work.
Consider the common error of saying irregardless. Regardless of good intent,
it's wrong, wrong, wrong.
Fr. Don of the Church of Sts. White and Strunk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Durham" <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com>
To: <jazzboard at hotmail.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 8:48 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Disfluencies


> Well, better disfluent than effluent, I guess....
>
> Mike D.
>
> >From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
> >To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> >Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Disfluencies
> >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 02:06:22 +0000
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I know precisely what "disfluencies" means, but I'm not going to tell any
> >of you!
> >
> >Bill "often disfluent" Gunter
> >jazzboard at hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >>From: "PJ Ladd" <pj.ladd at btopenworld.com>
> >>To: "Norman Vickers" <nvickers1 at cox.net>
> >>CC: jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz]  Seeking comments re: Additions to "um"
> >>wordlist.  "Buzzing" during musical performance
> >>Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 16:26:51 -0000
> >>
> >>lots of disfluencies in it," said Liz Shriberg>
> >>
> >>Lots of WHAT? `DISFLUENCIES`
> >>This is from someone studying language?
> >>
> >>I will lie down for a while, I think.
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>
> >>Pat
> >>
> >>
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