Cough has a character like we humans do. Don’t worry. Just try to understand it. I was pleasantly surprised and couldn’t help but smile with a painful throat, exhausted, sleepless mind, and drained body when I heard this sentence from an ENT specialist in Mahabub Nagar District, Hyderabad.

“Yes, tell me. . . . okay. Hmmmm. . . okay. Anything else? Okay. Alright.” (phone disconnected or a sign to leave office/place of sitting) Can you think of a few names that mostly use such plain, flat, mechanical, and cold words, whether in a phone call or an in-person conversation?