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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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under his breath/whisper

0Kevin commented on the speaker under his breath so no one could hear.02br
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00Kevin whispered his comment on the speaker so on one could hear.02br
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00Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.0-
  

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0I think it should not be speaker, but on the mike 02br
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00Kevin commented on the mike under his breath so no one could hear.02br
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00Kevin whispered his comments on the mike so on one could hear.0-
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0Hi,02br
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0yes are right Clive I just presumed that it is the other way. But in th second sentence rather than his comment it should be his comments that sounds better to me, correct me if I am wrong Clive0-
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0If Kevin is speaking to himself only, I would use "under his breath."02br
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00If Kevin is speaking to someone else, I would use "whisper" but I would also say "so no one else could hear."02br
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00People make comments under their breath all the time, but when you whisper, you are usually saying something to somone else. I would never whisper to mysel
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0 I think GG's making important points here. 0-
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0 Besides the remarks made above, I'd like to add that speaking under one's breath is a sort of muttering in which the full values of voiced sounds are produced, but at low volume. In contrast, whispering produces no voicing at all. The vocal folds are not used when whispering.02br
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0I sometimes whisper to my monitor, "c'mon, c'mon."02br
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00Edit. Right, CJ, I was going to add that "muttering under one's breath" is a common expression, but my dictionary describes "muttering" as "indistinct." As you imply, it's audible. But I believe it's unintelligible. I'm not sure if this applies to all "under the breath" utterances, or just to "muttering." I b
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01cite10Avangi12cite10I believe it's unintelligible.12blockquote
10Yes, but not to the person who says it! If it's done "so no one could hear", I don't think intelligibility is a factor. 05002br
00By "full values" I mean fully voiced, i.e., what you call "strumming". 02br
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0I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I've heard people say, "You could hear him muttering something." Would you characterize this as not being under his breath?0-
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