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Nov 2017
Never ask a linguist a question.
Your ‘question’
Will never fit into that tiny two syllabled linguistic feature
, Or be a string of words
that you think you control
Because they are, what you invented.

Whether it is fashioned into a simple- one word,
Direct, Indirect, Sarcastic, Rhetorical, Interrogating,
Requesting, Accusing, Information Eliciting, Affirmation Seeking,
Cross examining, Spot Light Shining
Figure of speech,
Where speaker assumes A Position of Power….
It Will be heard not only for its
Bare-naked lexicon,
But also enveloped in its unconscious inflections,
intonation, micro pauses, combined with gestures
And set within that ever so important context.

With every move, you may hope to extract.
But be aware that you may give away
Much much more
Munch Gee
Written by
Munch Gee  Colombo
(Colombo)   
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