# How David Weber orders a pizza

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-david-weber-orders-a-pizza/606473 "2011-12-16T23:54:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-david-weber-orders-a-pizza/606473/42 "2012-11-29T17:16:05Z")

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I haven’t read Weber’s work, but this one caught me and pulled me right out of the story:

“Well,” the voice answered, “I have in my hand a coupon, bearing the imprint of Pizza Barn and the telephone number I’m now calling you at.”

Starting with “Well” and ending with “at” … _cringe_ Does Weber do that?

Otherwise it was great. 🙂

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-david-weber-orders-a-pizza/606473/43 "2012-11-29T20:03:21Z")

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> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#):
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> Starting with “Well” and ending with “at” … _cringe_ Does Weber do that?

If it matches the colloquial accent he’s trying to give one of his characters, then yes, he’ll do that.

Sorry it made you cringe. The rules for dialog _are_ more fast-and-loose than the rules for narrative grammar, you know.

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