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Doreen spoke?

English translation: woman named Doreen spoke in code on the phone

14:16 Jun 3, 2005
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / IP telephone
English term or phrase: Doreen spoke?
To thwart eavesdroppers on her VoIP phone, Doreen spoke in an impenetrable code

What dose Doreen spoke mean?
Kaori Myatt
France
Local time: 09:14
Selected answer:woman named Doreen spoke in code on the phone
Explanation:
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Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-03 14:18:48 GMT)
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spoke is the past tense of \"to speak\" (irregular verb)
Selected response from:

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 01:14
Grading comment
Thank you so much for answering my question. It was very helpful! The given sentense was only one line and I was not so sure the meaning. All the comments were useful and because the argument over Pro or Non Pro was getting heat up so I close the Question. Thank you so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9woman named Doreen spoke in code on the phone
RHELLER
3 +6conducted her conversations in...
Balasubramaniam L.
5 +2Doreen (a girl's name) used a code language when she talked on her Voice over Internet Protocol ...
Marian Greenfield
5 +1Doreen used a hard to understand oral code to communicate
David Russi
5 +1She spoke making use of a code that could in no way be cracked
Paul Dixon
4 +1Doreen was in the habit of speaking
CMJ_Trans (X)


Discussion entries: 11





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Doreen was in the habit of speaking


Explanation:
a language nobody else could understand in case someone else was listening on the line

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 09:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: -
15 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
doreen spoke?
woman named Doreen spoke in code on the phone


Explanation:
-

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-03 14:18:48 GMT)
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spoke is the past tense of \"to speak\" (irregular verb)

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 01:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thank you so much for answering my question. It was very helpful! The given sentense was only one line and I was not so sure the meaning. All the comments were useful and because the argument over Pro or Non Pro was getting heat up so I close the Question. Thank you so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  swisstell
0 min
  -> thanks Erich :-)
agree  jerrie
4 mins
  -> thanks Jerrie!
agree  sergey (X): yep, that's it
20 mins
  -> thanks Sergey :-)
agree  Alp Berker
25 mins
  -> thanks Alp!
agree  Johan Venter
32 mins
  -> thank you!
agree  Robert Donahue (X)
46 mins
  -> VoIP - how do you say that in Russian?
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: Hi Rita, why do you think an explanation of "Doreen spoke" should be classified as PRO?//Answering my question not with another, but with two! ;-)
1 hr
  -> why the neutral? please see my comment in the asker box
neutral  Mårten Sandberg: "Doreen spoke" PRO??? you´ve got to be kidding...
1 hr
  -> not at all - why don't you discuss it with Henry on the forum? Many of the questions in Eng monolingual could be considered extremely basic -yet vital to a professional translator - Hey, I didn't make the rules, I am just quoting
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: Agree but it's far, far closer to nonPRO than PRO
2 hrs
  -> I was trying to support Kaori who originally posted it as pro - as you can see on the bottom of the page - did you read Henry's post?
agree  airmailrpl: -
15 hrs
  -> thank you :-)
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 16 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
doreen spoke?
conducted her conversations in...


Explanation:
Doreen is afraid that someone might listen into her conversations, so she uses a code language which no one but the intended person can understand.

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 12:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Donahue (X)
17 mins
  -> Thanks, Robert, it was a tie between the lot of us. When I saw the question there were no answers!
agree  sergey (X)
21 mins
  -> Thanks sergey
agree  Alp Berker
24 mins
  -> Thanks Alp Berker.
agree  Johan Venter
1 hr
  -> Thanks, venter.
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mikhail.
agree  airmailrpl: -
15 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
doreen spoke?
Doreen (a girl's name) used a code language when she talked on her Voice over Internet Protocol ...


Explanation:
...phone

Doreen talked...

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 03:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  RHELLER: sorry Marian but it sounds odd to say she talked on her VoIP - how about she used her VoIP- used technology
26 mins
  -> talked on her VoIP phone... I was just trying to reword without spoke, since I didn't know what words confused the asker...
agree  airmailrpl
15 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Ian M-H (X): Yes, avoiding "spoke" seems pretty essential given that this is one of the two words in Asker's headline question, i.e. one of the words she appeared to be asking for assistance with in her context.
20 hrs
  -> thanks
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
doreen spoke?
Doreen used a hard to understand oral code to communicate


Explanation:
Doreen used a hard to understand oral code to communicate on the voice over IP connection

David Russi
United States
Local time: 01:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: -
15 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
doreen spoke?
She spoke making use of a code that could in no way be cracked


Explanation:
This means using a linguistic universe that others could not understand, possibly a dialect, speaking with words back to front, or even using a different language. Most people would agree that Cockney rhyming slang is an impenetrable code!

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 04:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: - spoke = past tense of speak
14 hrs
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