Modern Communication Enthusiast Gifts

"I don't have time to talk right now, but you can always find e on Facebook."

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

'It's the latest invention. Texted smoke signals.'

"You can access me by saying simply 'Agnes.' It is not necessary to add 'dot com.' "

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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."

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

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

She - Interpreter - He.

With the popularity of spell-checkers, many people are turning to the new speech-checkers.

Ruddy bloggers!

'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!"

'After we learn the alphabet, are we going to learn how to text?'

My phone is synced with my tablet, my tablet is synced with my laptop ... but none of them are synced with me."

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

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

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

'Can't we handle this through more impersonal channels like text messaging?'

'A thousand word report? How many words is that in text message?'

"Nd how did tht mke u feel?"

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

'This is Martins, the office I was telling you about. She's got a real knack for texting people down from window ledges!'

The Love Psychologists

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

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

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

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

'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.'