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HSS Posted 19 years ago
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Liquidy Gasp
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00 This is an excerpt from what I'm reading: 01 blockquote
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00 Thanks ahead of time. 02 br
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00 This is an excerpt from what I'm reading: 01 blockquote
02 br10 Just wondering .... What is liquidy gasp like? Not dry, sounding like you are swallowing a lot of saliva? 02 br
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10 Louise was unable to speak. Instead, she gasped, a little 11 font 10 liquidy gasp 12 font 10 as if she were gulping air down fast, to keep from crying. 12 br
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00 Thanks ahead of time. 02 br
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0 Sounds like you've imagined what the author was trying to describe. 02 font 0-
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0 Sounds like you've imagined what the author was trying to describe. 02 br
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00 'Liquidy gasp' is not a medical description, but merely an artistic description by the author trying to describe the sound Louise made 01 font 01 b 01 i 00 as if she were gulping air down fast, to keep from crying. 02 i 02 b 00 00 This is why
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00 'Liquidy gasp' is not a medical description, but merely an artistic description by the author trying to describe the sound Louise made 01 font 01 b 01 i 00 as if she were gulping air down fast, to keep from crying. 02 i 02 b 00 00 This is why
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0 Good, Tam. 02 br
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00 Thanks for your confirmation. I've just noticed I unwittingly omitted 'a' in my question --- a liquidy gasp. The 'a' also makes it sound more real; it does the gasp clear with a start and an end --- one instance of gasping. With that I can hear the undry, liquidy sound, sending a lump of air with saliva, down, uttered. Glad I got confirmation. As a non-
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00 Thanks for your confirmation. I've just noticed I unwittingly omitted 'a' in my question --- a liquidy gasp. The 'a' also makes it sound more real; it does the gasp clear with a start and an end --- one instance of gasping. With that I can hear the undry, liquidy sound, sending a lump of air with saliva, down, uttered. Glad I got confirmation. As a non-
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