The human brain is a pattern matching machine and some people can spot unnecessary patterns in speech. There was a guy I remember who was seemingly checking the cadence and emphasis of everything you said in case it matched "Old McDonald Had a Farm". If you were to say "My big brother got a car" he would instantly say "Ee aye ee aye oh".
When I was on holiday in Salcombe my niece showed us an even better filter that she can run over other people's speech. She can hear very quickly when a word or two sound like somebody's name, and she will claim to have gone to school with them. "Your objection is duly noted". "I went to school with Julie Noted!".
Richard "I went to school with Sarah Tonin" B
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