Robert K. Elder interview, author, Last Words of the Executed > Comments > "The interview was fine, but I've got just one small nitpick..."
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- Rob Shinnick
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- "Robert K. Elder interview, author, Last Words of the Executed"
- Summary: Elder collected the final words of American serial killers, psychopaths and more. The book has an introduction by the late journalist Studs Terkel.
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The interview was fine, but I've got just one small nitpick...
Rob Shinnick
Posted on July 17, 2010 at 01:53 AM
It seems both interviewer and interviewee in this piece rely a little too much on "y'know" as a conversational space-filler at times. Hearing, y'know, the phrase "y'know" repeatedly can get a little, y'know... tiresome. Sometimes I'd rather hear a few "uhhhs" or "hmmms" thrown in than too many, y'know... y'knows.
I'm just trying to be constructive in my criticism, albeit over a tiny and unimportant issue. In some ways I feel like a fraud when I type critiques here, since I personally have never produced anything or done much at all with my writing. I'm always the diner and never the chef... y'know?