MIAMI - Zeledon1
Instances of ridiculous for speaker CAR

506CARbecause (.) it's ridiculous <that it> [//] because of the customer always being right +...
  becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES ridiculousridiculous.ADJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR itit.PRON.SUB.3S becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF customercustom.N.SG+COMP.AG.[or].customer.N.SG alwaysalway.ADV+PV.[or].always.ADV beingbe.SV.INFIN+ASV rightright.ADJ .
  
575CAR+" ah this is ridiculous &bla &bla &bla &bla .
  ahah.IM thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG isis.V.3S.PRES ridiculousridiculous.ADJ .
  
577CAR+" it might be ridiculous to you but you know xxx what the word courtesy means ?
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S mightmight.V.3S.PRES bebe.SV.INFIN ridiculousridiculous.ADJ toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP butbut.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whatwhat.REL thethe.DET.DEF wordword.N.SG courtesycourtesy.N.SG meansmean.N.PL.[or].means.N.SG ?
  
595CAR+< because I find it ridiculous that you would talk to you know &hə [//] a [/] <a working person> [//] an employee like that .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S findfind.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S ridiculousridiculous.ADJ thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP wouldbe.V.2SP.COND talktalk.SV.INFIN toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES aa.DET.INDEF aa.DET.INDEF workingwork.V.PRESPART personperson.N.SG anan.DET.INDEF employeeemployee.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  

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