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LtlPinkCoupe
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14 Oct 2012, 2:49 pm

I don't mean predicting what other people will say, I mean predict their exact word choice. Like, if someone pauses in the middle of saying something, and then you predict what they're going to say afterward, and then they end up using the exact words you predicted that they'd use, and you think, "YEESSS! I KNEW he/she was gonna say that!"

Anyone else able to do this?


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14 Oct 2012, 3:09 pm

Yup. It comes from reading and hearing things often enough to recognize patterns. With people I know well and talk to often, I can generally know how they phrase things. In some cases, I can even complete their sentences for them.


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