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Linguistics professor Deborah Tannen tells TIME this week (see Notebook) that men hardly ever apologize because doing so "entails admitting fault," and that "shows weakness"--and the next thing you know, some stronger type is clubbing you over the head and taking over your cave. That may be why Clinton, in Moscow last Wednesday, felt he had to defend his refusal to apologize for his refusal to apologize. He said he reread his speech and thought it was just fine. That was one nonapology too many for friends like Senator Joseph Lieberman, who led an outpouring of criticism that...
...Deborah Tannen, Georgetown professor of linguistics and author, most recently, of The Argument Culture, was asked by NOTEBOOK's Tam Gray to help us understand Bill Clinton's approach to apologizing...
...Deborah Tannen, a professor at Georgetown University, is author of The Argument Culture
Unhappiness seems to bind many of us too often. It's remarkable how many of our conversations here are what Georgetown socio-linguist Deborah Tannen would call "troubles talk," and what most of us fondly refer to as "venting." Even while attending the world's greatest university and being offered so many options and opportunities in every direction, many of us remain dissatisfied. Most Americans would give their right arms to enter this bastion of our misery...
...books could not be more different in many ways; in the back, for instance, where Tannen has placed footnotes, Gray has 800-numbers for ordering his products. But both are about the frustrations of male-female communication--how men hate to ask for directions when driving, say, or how women need to talk to feel closer. Says Tannen: "I suppose if I had wanted to build an empire I would be resentful, but I didn't." Gray acknowledges the similarities between his work and Tannen's--up to a point. "I do tend to skim all the best sellers...