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"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

"I don't believe I've missed a single sign since you made the switch to Power Point."

'Bob, I know you're a Mockingbird, but a few compliments every now and then would greatly help your marriage...'

"Hello? Speaking, not listening."

She - Interpreter - He.

'I'm majoring in communication and minoring in pizza delivery - What about you?'

"What's going on Jen? Why didn't you respond to my kissing emoji?"

Ruddy bloggers!

All of our representatives are busy right now. Stay on the line and someone will be with you in a few miles.

"Before texting we had to write letters by hand, and before emojis we honestly just bottled up our emotions."

'The usual ‘nod, nod, wink, wink' will do, Walter. We don't need the eyebrow twitch and nostril flares.'

"Hi, you've reached Susan's desk. I am monotasking right now, so I'll call you back it's the phone's turn again. Beep!"

"When we first started seeing each other, we would always use the same word for snow."

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

My wife's been talking to the skin I shed for over an hour.

Before social media there was sticky notes.

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

The Love Psychologists

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

'We finally learned to communicate, and he's worse than I thought he was!

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

"My Gmail account is full. I can't get any more email." "So?" "I'll miss email. It was so old-timey. You could write hundreds or even thousands of words, with actual paragraphs." "People didn't see any little animations to show them you were typing. They had to actually wonder if you were going to reply." "And the spam was fun. You never got to hear from Nigerian princes while you're checking your texts." "Just delete stuff." "If you delete a few gigs of old emails, you'll be able to get n

'Before we get started, let's go around the table and practice making eye contact.'

'What makes you think no-one understands you?'

'I was just ringing to see if you'd got the email about my letter.'

'No, there's nothing on my mind, but if there was I don't want to talk about it.'

Technological advances within the office.

Relationship Issues.

'We had seven gloriously happy years together, and then he learned how to talk.'

'He says he needs his own space.'

"I've never seen a resume that's entirely made up of emojis. Let me take a few moments to decode it."