I recently had a witness say:

A. I just woke up and moved too quick and my neck caint.

I don't know if it's a word or how it's spelled. Can anyone help?

I was just wondering what a reporter should do if they are in a deposition and you simply can not understand your witness, whether it's due to accent or any other thing that might impare their speech?  This was a question on a test once, and I just didn't know the answer.  I know what I would do, but does anyone know what the "rule" is on this?  I would simply tell the attorneys that I can't understand the witness and that I'm sorry but we can't go forward.  It's my name on the certificate…

I am an experienced reporter who has been scoping recently for some heavy-hitter reporters, but I was wondering how the not-so-good reporters treat the scopists that help them.   Please do not name anyone personally, but feel free to vent.

I had a witness give an inaudible response. Actually, there was no response given at all.

Do I have to put a parenthetical for no response?

What read back parentheticals do you use?

Editing a job. Sent out two roughs.  Just found this:

". . . it appears right now that anytime soon this dick counsel for defendants may not be . . . "

It's supposed to be:

". . . it appears right now that anytime soon this particular counsel for defendants may not be . . . "

If so, how do you like it?