BL> do you ask people to speak up?

PE> Not that I remember.  I sometimes ask my wife to
PE> quieten down, but that's when she's on the phone
PE> and I'm not.  I don't suppose that counts either way.

RS> It does actually if she is speaking loudly into the phone because the
RS> loss is a bit on the high side. OTOH some people just shout on the phone
RS> for no good reason at all,

Chinese is a language where they only have about 5 syllables, and
they shout them louder and louder until they reckon the message
gets through.  BFN.  Paul.
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