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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: Decade Of The Disable
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Date: 4 Jan 90 21:29:42 GMT
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 SB>      When you infer a missing word from the context, is it
 SB> something you just do automatically and effortlessly after a
 SB> while or do you have to think about it a little sometimes?

It has to be done in real-time to keep up with the flow, Steve.
I think I'm, if not excellent, pretty damn good at speechreading.
But my effectiveness varies as a function of my level of alertness.

First thing this morning my wife said to me "I want a tossed salad".
Now that is a fairly strange thing for someone to say at 6:30 am,
particularly someone who never eats tossed salad.  But that IS what
I heard.  What she actually said was "I want to call Sally", which
made a lot more sense under the circumstances.  After a cup of
coffee, I think I would have read it correctly the first time.

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