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Excerpt 7.4'Pads'
In the immediately preceding talk, RP&EP have been talking about their trip to Berlin.
From this a more general discussion of European cities has developed.
TM: I don't know P- with Pads there's somet about it--it's disgLustin' (it [really
LM: [(it is)
TM: is)
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LM: I was not, [impressed=
TM: [It's not
TM: They pr--they say its the most romantic place=its crap that (. ) its ab[solute
LJ: [yeah
crap=
LM: =WELL IT'S THE [SA:: ME with [Venice
TM: [It's terrible
LJ: [I'VE ALWAYS WANTED to go=
TM: =its te[rdble
LM: [They get on your nerv[es with it=
RP: [yeah
KJ: =Hm=
RP: =1 have (. ) I've always wanted [to go
LM: [>Where they go with the Gondo[las<
LJ: [Yeah I
have=
LM: =Elke what's that [place called oh er--
RP: [Yeah
KJ: =Venice
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LM: Venice (. ) Venice
RP: Yeah
LM: They say most=its no: t
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TIVI: THE HOTEL WE were in (. ) even the rats [wear overalls it were that bad
LIVI: [(God aren't you glad I'm visitin'
you all)=
TIVI: =Honest [it were that bad=
KJ: [hahaha
KJ: =haha 0
TIVI: Terrible it was
As might already have been inferred from the reading of English
conversational data addressed in Chapter 6, another and perhaps more
ubiquitous affected self mobilised in English talk is one through which
heightened amusement can be conveyed. A nice example of this occurs in the
following episode where KPs struggle to 'keep a straight face' are conveyed.
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