- By Jim Evans
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SMART TALK by Dr. Tilde Cedilla
SWAT I SAID: I enjoy talking to strangers, if only to listen to the common English of this country. It reminds me a bit of the Spanish of my native Cuba, the way many words get shortened and consonants are left out. I notice this most in the northern states I've visited, but I need to travel more and research this further.
On vacation recently from my job as therapist at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, I enjoyed this conversation with an average-looking person. I began by asking about a restaurant.
Is this place good for lunch?
Red Lobster? Are you kidding? Havenchoo seena commercials? N-less shrimp. Snot cheap, but I like it. When they say N-less shrimp, I makem lose money.
But aren't shrimp N-less anyway? There's no N in it, nor in lobster, either.
...What?
N-less. S-H-R-I-M-P. No N. Why would N-less be worth advertising?
Oh, man. You don' geddit, do yuh. N-less. N-less! There's no N to it! You can eat shrimp all day!
Oh, endless. Now I see.
Swat I said. N-less. Jeez.
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