You can do a lot with an agreeing sound...not so much an actual word, but just a low to high "ahh" when you believe they are seeking approval.
Menand contends that I fail to understand the subtle interaction between Joyce's life and art, especially in my suggestion of a connection between John Joyce's long rambles around Dublin and the perambulating narrative lines of his son's fiction (which, I agree, sounds absurd).
The HTC Touch is now available through Verizon Wireless, although it's called the XV6900 which we can all agree sounds much, much cooler.
According to unverifiable Internet lore, a journalist once rearranged one of Churchill's own sentences to avoid ending it with a preposition, to which Churchill allegedly replied, "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put," which we can all agree sounds fairly ridiculous.
"It's 'goddess.' " She nodded, and then asked with a big smile on her face, "Can I take your order, Goddess?" which she, my spouse and I all agreed sounded much, much better.
I agree, that sounds hard.
Zucker agrees but sounds reluctant.
Mr Smithers agrees, but sounds a note of caution.
I'm not sure I agree; that sounds too absolute.
I agree it sounds unlikely, but you can't argue with data collected unscientifically to publicise a website.
The 30 year old from Bexley, Kent, says she has the best job in the world and we have to agree it sounds good.
