Subj : Cough
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Tue Aug 01 2017 21:13:00

Hi! Alexander,

On Tue, 01 Aug 17, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> He does not yet know that the last apple in the shop is
 PQ>> no longer available for sale.

 ak> No, he wanted just to buy a bottle of Cola. ;) But he
 ak> needed to declare his presence.

It is a subtle joke, to twist the crux of the plot slightly by using the apple 
as a point of contention (untold at that stage), later in the encounter.  :)

 PQ>> So, he interjects the silence by commencing a coughing
 PQ>> attack...

 ak> Why "coughing attack"? It was a safe, artificial double
 ak> coughing. He could have said "Hello?" or "Knock-knock!",
 ak> but he attracted the girl's attention  in other way.

Yes.  My whole rendition of the tale contains a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour.  
It's not readily apparent to a non-native speaker.  I had a compulsion to have 
a bit of fun with your outline.  I'm sorry for mangling it.  Guilty as charged, 
I am.  Smack me.

Most shops at least have a dangling bell on the door, or a buzzer perhaps, that 
ring or chime when it may be opened.  Something of that nature would have saved 
his throat and composure.  ;-)

P.S.  You have seen Ardith's reply?  I'm afraid I don't have enough marbles to 
fill my mouth with, in order to pronounce such a compound Greek word.  
Shocking!  8-)

Cheers,
Paul.

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 * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)

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