8 1059 disc evolution analytic synthetic sun 13 jul 1997 bill bennett wrote language use sought conciseness implicitness time might working wellknown cocoa put cat one vocable language might end ugh synethesis unless language saved countering balance explicitness always enjoyed verbal humor marx brothers puns phonology beginning humor dotage beginning understand exquisite wit profundity burns allens e g going terms expectations discourse management information following exchange gracie cut soup day george hunh gracie day cut soup george cut soup gracie yeah opening keep implicit explicit concise economy speaker vs intelligibility addressee andall final analysis exchanges burns allens ultimately explains language never reduce ugh say goodnight