In recent times, the english have found a new and perfect excuse to stay at home, pull up the imaginary drawbridge and avoid the traumas of face-to-face social interaction : the internet, e-mail, chat rooms, surfing, messaging -the whole thing could have been invented for the insular, socially handicapped, word-loving english. in cyberspace, we are in our element : a world of disembodied words. no need to worry about what to wear, whether to make eye contact, whether to shake hands or kiss cheeks or just smile. no awkward pauses or embarrassing starts, no need to fill uncomfortable silences with weather speak, no polite procrastinating or tea making or other displacement activity, no need for the usual prolonged goodbyes. перевести ! а !
