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β | This comic shows how {{w|Grammatical modifier|qualifiers}}, which are usually used when the person speaking is concerned about offending their conversational partner, may also be used to delay saying something when a person is nervous or loses their train of thought momentarily | + | {{incomplete|Created by a QUALIFIER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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+ | This comic shows how {{w|Grammatical modifier|qualifiers}}, which are usually used when the person speaking is concerned about offending their conversational partner, may also be used to delay saying something when a person is nervous or loses their train of thought momentarily. | ||
In this comic, [[Cueball]] is talking with [[White Hat]]. Cueball has lost his original train of thought during a conversation, so he keeps using qualifiers until he comes up with something to say. Here he has used more than a dozen common qualifiers, including "OK", "so", "listen", "like", and "but". The title text says that after 20 minutes he says "hi", a reversal of expectations and a comedic play on how there was a huge buildup to something insignificant. He simply couldn't think of something new to say, and "hi" was the best he could come up with. [[White Hat]] presumably kept listening, although normal people would stop Cueball well before this.{{Citation needed}} | In this comic, [[Cueball]] is talking with [[White Hat]]. Cueball has lost his original train of thought during a conversation, so he keeps using qualifiers until he comes up with something to say. Here he has used more than a dozen common qualifiers, including "OK", "so", "listen", "like", and "but". The title text says that after 20 minutes he says "hi", a reversal of expectations and a comedic play on how there was a huge buildup to something insignificant. He simply couldn't think of something new to say, and "hi" was the best he could come up with. [[White Hat]] presumably kept listening, although normal people would stop Cueball well before this.{{Citation needed}} |