Date:  Sat, 25 May 1996 11:22:26 -0400

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: "I was about to say"



like terry irons, my initial reaction to "(as) i was about to say..."

is that it's sort of a reprimand for an interruption.