[Ads-l] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
Joel Berson
berson at ATT.NET
Wed Sep 23 17:36:09 UTC 2015
The interviewee didn't go on to the "too crowded" saying, but the two are certainly consistent! Just another challenge to the quote verifiers -- was it the same restaurant?
JSB
From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Heard: "It was impossible to get a conversation going ...
> On Sep 23, 2015, at 1:10 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
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> everybody was talking too much."
Was that taking place in the restaurant that's too crowded, so nobody goes there anymore?
LH
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> I predict there will be many challenges to the quote verifiers during the coming days.
>
> A Yogan.
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