Our stewardess asked those by the emergency exits for “verbal assent” that they could handle it.
Would writing “yes” have been acceptable?
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ED wrote @ April 19, 2008 at 4:36 am
A verbal assurance isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
JB wrote @ April 20, 2008 at 12:17 pm
No, because by saying (not writing) yes you are demonstrating an ability to communicate verbally which is a requirement for sitting in the exit row.
GUNNY HARTMAN wrote @ April 21, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Having been a Speech Communication major and now a Rhetoric guy, you have no idea how much this beats me down.
93 times a day, it seems, I hear “verbal” when they mean “vocal” instead.
Think back to the SAT, folks. Remember the “Quantitative” and “Verbal” sections? Remember how quiet it was in the room?
Communication can be vocal & verbal or non-vocal & verbal (e.g., your note) or non-vocal & non-verbal or vocal and non-verbal.
I teach that to every preaching class and I get blank stares, even though I use examples from each category.
They all think I’m a nut. Perhaps it’s the bow tie. Perhaps they’re right.
timspong wrote @ April 23, 2008 at 8:19 am
I remember Bahnsen having a bit of a moment with a cabin crew announcement regarding the dismantling of smoke detectors. so you are in good company.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPn8AX6Ru3E
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