Twinkling
P.J.Wells at open.ac.uk
P.J.Wells at open.ac.uk
Sat Feb 9 05:18:42 PST 2002
One of the problems of conventional (Western?) methods of showing approval
of a speaker's remarks is that the speaker is prevented from continuing.
In situations where time is important -- such as in activitists' organising
meetings -- twinkling seems an ingenious, and effective substitute.
Julian
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