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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
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Pls break down this sentence.
Hi,
The excerpt below is from a book by David Sedaris. Would you explain the underlined part? Like, irritating for whom, and why? Also, what does this "the effect" mean? (I know it's fairly a common word but I sometimes find myself having trouble with the word.)
(David here is having a lisp issue, and Agent Samson is actually a speech therapist, it just the way David sees her.)
"Our goal is to work together until eventually you can speak correctly," Agent Samson said. She made a great show of enunciating her own sparking s's, and the effect was profoundly irritating. "I'm trying to help you, but the longer you play these little games the longer this is going to take."
Thank you,
m
The excerpt below is from a book by David Sedaris. Would you explain the underlined part? Like, irritating for whom, and why? Also, what does this "the effect" mean? (I know it's fairly a common word but I sometimes find myself having trouble with the word.)
(David here is having a lisp issue, and Agent Samson is actually a speech therapist, it just the way David sees her.)
"Our goal is to work together until eventually you can speak correctly," Agent Samson said. She made a great show of enunciating her own sparking s's, and the effect was profoundly irritating. "I'm trying to help you, but the longer you play these little games the longer this is going to take."
Thank you,
m
Top answer
"The effect" of therapist deliberately enunciating her s's - as though mocking David's enormous difficulty with them, because of his speech impediment - "was profoundly irritating" to David.
- "The effect" of therapist deliberately enunciating her s's - as though mocking David's enormous difficulty with them, because of his speech impediment - "was profoundly irritating" to David.
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"The effect" of therapist deliberately enunciating her s's - as though mocking David's enormous difficulty with them, because of his speech impediment - "was profoundly irritating" to David.
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Thank you for the reply.
Would you rephrase the word "effect"? LIke, impression? I still can't be sure.
Thank you,
m
Would you rephrase the word "effect"? LIke, impression? I still can't be sure.
Thank you,
m
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The result (of her emphasizing her own correct pronunciation of s's) was irritating.
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