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 A voice — youthful, lacking the tell-tale ''timbre'' of age and experience — picked up and, as on a [[trading desk]] one does, said:
 :'''Trader''': [[Goldman]]. ''(This is a statement. there is no inquiry, no rising inflection of curiousness. It's a statement.)''
-:'''[[Bob]]''': Yeah, can I get [[Jerry]]? ''(Now, when you are known to all by your [[Christian name]] you don't bother with formalities like politeness. Nor, for that matter, do traders.)''
+:'''[[Bob]]''': Yeah, can I get [[Jerry]]? ''(Now, when you are known to all by your [[Christian name]] you don't bother with formalities. But nor, for that matter, do traders.)''
 :'''Trader''': He's off the desk.
 :''~click~''
-Now [[Bob]] might not bother with politeness, but he rather thinks he's entitled to it. No message, even? Perhaps this young man didn't realize to whom he was speaking. [[Bob]] calls back.
+Now [[Bob]] might not bother with formalities, but he rather thinks he's entitled to them. No message, even? Perhaps this young man didn't realise to whom he was speaking. [[Bob]] calls back.
 :'''Trader''': [[Goldman]].