>>>Maybe he is just 'loud guy' (as Dilbert would say) or 'Loud Talker' (as Sinefeld would say).
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>>How does one speak quitely (lower than normal).
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>>all lower case doesn't do it
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>>perhaps italics is like whispering :-)
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>Pardon me? I couldn't hear you....

You Canadians really crack me up. ;-)