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Comparatively speaking, the griping self may appear rather similar to the
German agonised self. However, where these two conversational entities differ I
feel is that whereas the griping self is in effect a contemptuous entity, the
German agonised self (see 7.4.2) which is a more angst-ridden conversational
being.
The re-invoked self is perhaps a rather clumsy term, and one which is
not as transparent as the other terms used here. Essentially the re-invoked self
refers to selves - commonly collective ones - which are invoked from past
shared experience. Strangely, individuated selves seem to receive far less re-
invocation than positive ones, i. e. if a self is to be re-invoked, it is far likely to be
one with which the other participants can align to solidarically. Past shared
events or experiences provide the common topical resource for the mobilisation
of re-invoked selves, with'Hey, do you remember' being a typical
conversational initiator, as in the following.
Excerpt 7.14 'Cookie's Party'
LM: DON'T YOU REMEMBER Terry
(1)
LM: (It was
DB: [Was it=was it in Clayton
(1)
TM: YEAH
LM: Yeah
LIVI:
(0.5)
It was a nice house that act[ually
DB: [hrn
(0.5)
LM: But I remember fallin' downstairs on me feet like that=and me feet
went= (d [odod odo)
MB: [HHHHHH. hhh=
RP: =Ha=
LIVI: =And landed at the bottom and [I'd got
DB: [WAS IT A FANCY DRESS
Party
TIVI: yeah
LIVI: And Andy Pan[dy was the: [re
DB: [Yeah
TIVI: [WE ALL GOT DRESSED UP didn't we=
DB: =yea:: h [that's right
LIVI: [don't you remember Andy Pandpoh he was dry= a dead
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sarcastic Andy Pandy with a glass with a be(hhh)er in his ha[nd and fag
["heheo
RP: (Oh I know)=
LIVI: =An he was unbelievable=he wa[s brilliant
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