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May 8, 2006 :: Volume 2, Issue 4
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Are Britons losing the art of conversation?

Posted by TimSlavin at May 21, 2004

"In the land of Shakespeare and Chaucer, Britons spend nearly a quarter of their waking lives speaking and writing, according to a new report. But, while their eloquent ancestors painted pictures with words, artful conversation today consists of emoticons (pictures formed out of text), colorful attachments, and ring tones.

The average person spends three hours and 45 minutes a day communicating electronically, according to research released Thursday by British Gas telecommunications." Some interesting data from MSNBC.

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