Comment by chooter on 04/09/2014 at 16:40 UTC

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View submission: I am Victoria from reddit. AMAA!

Yes.

Absolutely. Even the ums, errs, pauses, grammatical ticks, "you knows," deep breaths... and I'm trying to include gestures too. But it's hard.

You can even convey *tone of voice* using formatting!

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Comment by seismicor at 04/09/2014 at 16:49 UTC

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How many of them actually want to type the answers by themselves? Do you give them options like: A. you type the answers B. I type the anwers C. we switch after a bunch of questions

Comment by throttlekitty at 04/09/2014 at 18:39 UTC

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My favorite for formatting was with Norm Macdonald, I could practically hear him dictating to you.

Comment by May_of_Teck at 04/09/2014 at 17:18 UTC

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That is very much appreciated. I loved how Sean Bean used a lot of "innit". Totally heard his voice in my head.

Comment by WildVariety at 04/09/2014 at 21:22 UTC

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I heard Sean Bean speaking in every response of his AMA.

Comment by scottmondo at 04/09/2014 at 23:17 UTC

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prime example

Comment by QuaereVerumm at 04/09/2014 at 19:09 UTC

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I love that you do this! It really brings out their personality in their answers.

Comment by moderately_neato at 05/09/2014 at 02:12 UTC

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I never realized how different spoken speech is to written until I transcribed some interviews for my brother (he's a journalist). It can be very different. People often do not speak in whole sentences. They will start several different sentences they don't finish while trying to express a thought, and the resultant communication is conveyed through all of that, but how to transcribe it? It may not be as clear written down, though a listener would have no problems understanding it. It's fascinating in a way.

Comment by valek879 at 04/09/2014 at 20:21 UTC

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Damn, where is /u/tone_is_everything when you need them.

Comment by the_ouskull at 04/09/2014 at 22:23 UTC

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You can even convey tone of voice using formatting!

I *so* wish that more people fully **understood** this. Thank you for saying it! I *really* wish more people would text in this manner, though. I wonder how many breakups have happened due to someone "slackin' on they gramma'.." Sigh.

Comment by TommySawyer at 04/09/2014 at 21:32 UTC

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That's amazing ... (*sneezes)

Comment by reiduh at 13/01/2015 at 18:45 UTC

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Why is it that *every time I use formatting* somebody ignores my debate/logic/reason, instead becoming a **complete** & **utter** "formatting is tacky" asshole?

Any clue?

Anybody?^Bueler?

Comment by Albi_ze_RacistDragon at 04/09/2014 at 22:06 UTC

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You did a great job with the Sean Bean one, it was impossible not to read all of the responses in his voice.

Comment by SorryToSay at 05/09/2014 at 01:01 UTC

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So are you responsible for every single one of Omar Epps' comments starting with "Haha! ...."

Comment by [deleted] at 05/09/2014 at 21:34 UTC

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Support the sarcastic font movement.

Question: Did you help Eli Manning come up with that original Nintendo Zelda response?