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Old 08-06-2009, 02:10 PM   #169
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I think we're on the brink of an explosion of interest in ebooks and reading devices. Lower prices on the devices will drive this. The next year is going to be very interesting.
i think you're right about that. (and i hope you told both of those people "it's a liseuse" ! )

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Thanks for the link, your highness. The woman says the word right at the very start, in a low, breathy, french way . Like kazbates, I had to listen several times. Then I had to go take a cold shower

wow, all that for a synthetised reading of a dictionary definition !

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Anyway, I can't go with "liseuse". I'm afraid if I tried, I would just end up sounding like a bad imitation of Steve Martin in "The Pink Panther"!
you're quite right, that would be tragic. the effect you *should* be trying for is Peter Sellers, in the "The Pink Panther" !

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