"Mr. Kellwood is looking for someone to assist him in recasting his journals into a form suitable for wider audience. The tone should be urbane, warm, and scholarly—somewhat in the manner of Lewis Thomas, but, of course, about plywood."
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journal, journals, journalist, journalists, journalism, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, scholar, scholars, scholarly, publisher, publishers, publishing, editor, editors, editing, form, forms, format, formats, ghost writer, ghost writers, ghost writing, writer, writers, writing, author, authors, tone, tones, request, requests, requesting, nonfiction, non-fiction"Three tones will follow. Then there will be some buzzing noises, a woman giggling, and the incomparable Louis Armstrong singing 'I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you.' The woman giggling marks the correct time."
"I once mistakenly thought I was dating someone for a whole month because I couldn't tell his texts were sarcastic."
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sarcastic, sarcasm, sarcasticness, text, texts, text message, text messages, misread, misreads, misreading, misunderstand, misunderstands, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, tone, tones, date, dates, dating, single, single life, single lives, misinterpret, misinterpreting, misinterpretation, hard to read, difficult to read, prickly, boyfriend, boyfriends, girlfriend, girlfriends, modern life, online dating, online date, online dates, internet dating, internet dating site, internet dating sites, ambiguous, ambiguity"I do support your right to free speech - I just don't support your tone."
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, family, families, teen, teens, teenager, teenagers, adolescent, adolescents, adolescence, raising teens, raising teenagers, life with teens, life with teenagers, support, supportive, supporting, right, rights, law, laws, free speech, freedom of speech, first amendment, constitution, constitutions, american, tone, tones, voice, voices, tone of voice, attitude, backtalk"The tone of the letter is stern, almost threatening, but - see here? - he signs with a smiley face, so I think we may be alright."
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memo, memos, written communication, written communications, letter, letters, non verbal communication, non-verbal communications, subtext, subtexts, stern, tone, analysis, lawyer, lawyers, literary criticism, literary critics, attorney, attorneys, tones, sternness, smiley, smileys, smiley face, smiley faces, emoticon, emoticons, literary analysis, deconstruction"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."
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relationship, relationships, marriage, married, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, couple, couples, men, man, woman, women, pretentious, snob, snobs, snobby, radio, radio voice, radio personality, radio personalities, entertainment, professional voice, serious voice, change of tone, tones, tone of voice, attitude, npr, national public radio, news story, news stories, seduce, seduces, seduction, seductions, seductive, dulcet tones, liberal, liberals, voice, voices"It's not your phone—they're playing 'Für Elise.'"
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