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No. I doubt if many people would understand the first two, either.Originally Posted by ostap77
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- 04-Dec-2012, 21:07 #1
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interlocutors, collocutor Would there be other synonyms to these words? Would the noun "co-talker" do?
- 04-Dec-2012, 21:12 #2
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 04-Dec-2012, 21:15 #3
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor Which word is used to mean the same thing?
- 04-Dec-2012, 21:17 #4
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor We'd normally say something like 'the person I was talking to'.
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- 04-Dec-2012, 21:23 #5
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor Would such words as "co-speaker'' or "co-talker" exist in English?
- 04-Dec-2012, 21:28 #6
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor I suppose that if you were giving a lecture, you might refer to other speakers as your co-speakers. Originally Posted by ostap77
We would not use either word for people we were holding a conversation with.Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 05-Dec-2012, 13:19 #7
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor The only times I have seen these words used is in exam descriptions.
- 05-Dec-2012, 14:05 #8
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor I had not heard the word before I became an UCLES examiner. Originally Posted by Tdol Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 05-Dec-2012, 14:07 #9
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Re: interlocutors, collocutor Guess my source.
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