From: john.w.kennedy@gmail.com   
      
   On 2015-11-27 19:36:33 +0000, Michelle Bottorff said:   
      
   > I think this is a normal thingy that lots of English speakers do   
   > (probably without even noticing that they are doing it)   
      
   You just answered your own question.   
      
   In writing, it just looks like a typo.   
      
   I suppose you could make it work by also throwing some "(gasp)"s and   
   "(puff)"s into the dialog, but that makes it read like a comicbook.   
      
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