They are usually used when the speaker does not know what the equivalent of the Hokkien word for a certain term is.

While all speakers know the rule, they may have incomplete knowledge about which words it must apply to.

The term is also used as a form of address, particularly to a female devotee whom the speaker does not know.

"That's what people want to hear about, and speakers know that's the way to create an impact."

Many speakers of these languages also know English as a second language.

I'll let the president and the second speaker know that we're sending them back.

The jape held a larger grain of truth than its speaker knew.

Now, she said, the speakers might know what they're talking about.

However, the next speaker will probably know more about this than I do.

The speakers did not know that they were being overheard.