So (.) first off (.) in the kind of (.) mostly top left corner (1). Right (.) It's like a circle (.) with a dot in it. (2) Which is a tough one. (1) Er::: (1) There also is (2) Right. (.) It looks like an hourglass ^ (.) with no line on the bottom (.) and square sides. (.) Er::: (3) There's three triangles (.) with the bottom triangle not there. Er::: (5)... Like an 'X' with the left side, the top side and a right side. (2) OK (.) have you got that^? (.) After them, there's a star with a star in it. (1) like, a little star (.) just in the middle. (.) Five... (2) Five pointed star (4) And that's (.) like above the top right of the hourglass thing. (.) It's like a (.) Camping Table Thing. (3) And finally (.) below the star and right of the hourglass (.) bottom-right quadrant (1) is a curvy line. (1) If you start from the bottom left (.) go across, around left on itself. (sniff) It's like a (1) it's like a really swollen thumb. (2) That should be it then...
When I saw the task we had to do, I thought it would be easy. A game as simple as drawing some symbols, then describing the key features to another such that they might recreate a similar drawing from the description alone. As soon as I started I noticed some of my vocal features, both specific to me and the situation. In many cases, I paused after each key feature to give it time to sink in before stating the next, almost speaking in cadence.Other times I would simply mentally fumble over my words until I got decent results such as 'Like an X with the left side, the top side and a right side'. Also prominent was my frequent lexical choice of 'like' when implying similarity.
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