Re: Letters with **three** cases?


Tommi Nieminen <tommiDOTnieminen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Seán O'Leathlóbhair kirjoitti:
>
> > In the UK, some trains have carriages in which phones are permitted and
> > others in which they are forbidden. Some people want to be able to use
> > their phone at any time but others are irritated by the calls of
> > others.
>
> That idea has been borrowed to Finland too.
>
> It just escapes me how people can be more irritated when they hear
> someone talking to the phone than to anyone sitting next to him. Oh
> well.

If they talk in a normal tone of voice, yes, but they usually don't.
Typically, they talk much louder. Also, it's natural (instinctive,
probably) to pay attention when someone suddenly says something which
is not in obvious response to something else.
.

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