No. I doubt if many people would understand the first two, either.Originally Posted by ostap77
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#1 04-Dec-2012, 22:07interlocutors, collocutor
Would there be other synonyms to these words? Would the noun "co-talker" do?
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#2 04-Dec-2012, 22:12Re: interlocutors, collocutor
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#3 04-Dec-2012, 22:15Re: interlocutors, collocutor
Which word is used to mean the same thing?
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#4 04-Dec-2012, 22:17Re: interlocutors, collocutor
We'd normally say something like 'the person I was talking to'.
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#5 04-Dec-2012, 22:23Re: interlocutors, collocutor
Would such words as "co-speaker'' or "co-talker" exist in English?
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#6 04-Dec-2012, 22:28Re: 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.
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#7 05-Dec-2012, 14:19Re: interlocutors, collocutor
The only times I have seen these words used is in exam descriptions.
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#8 05-Dec-2012, 15:05Re: interlocutors, collocutor
I had not heard the word before I became an UCLES examiner. Originally Posted by Tdol
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#9 05-Dec-2012, 15:07Re: interlocutors, collocutor
Guess my source.
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