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Sounded fishy to me

Posted By: Patti on 2005-10-04
In Reply to: I think they're plugging a site - see the url in the sig. nm - Becky

They are both identical, polite and too exact and to me sounded like it was someone attempting to appear to be American.  Maybe I am a skeptic but that is my gut feeling.


 


 




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    Not fishy at all sm
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    Sounds fishy...
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    Fishy story
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    sounds fishy to me

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    I agree. Kinda fishy isn't it?
    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    Way fishy! You're being used and abused. This is NOT
    s
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    i smell fishy? who puts sincerely in their post on here?? NOT ME! nm
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    You'll notice this person didn't sign their name --fishy??? nm
    x
    He sounded
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    Since you had a bad ESL did you blank or put what it sounded like?
    x
    That sounded all normal to me. And SM
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    sounded gross at first to me, but
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    sounded like you were dripping with sarcasm nm

    But that said. 


     


    Used to transcribe a doc who sounded startled,
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    xx
    First of all, you sounded condescending, and secondly YOU WERE YELLING!
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    nm
    Would help me tons if all dictators sounded like
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    x
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    x
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