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Everyday Conversations Are Culturally Shaped
- Conversational differences exist within the same language and culture and can feel like cross-cultural bewilderment.
- Deborah Tannen found regional, ethnic, and familial styles shape how people pause, overlap, and take turns.
Thanksgiving Tape Revealed Hidden Styles
- Deborah recorded a three-hour Thanksgiving conversation and spent months transcribing it to reveal hidden style differences.
- New Yorkers spoke with shorter pauses and dominated turn-taking while Californians waited longer and spoke less.
Interruptions Depend On Shared Rules
- Interruptions can signal enthusiasm in one style and rudeness in another; both parties create the interaction.
- Conversational norms about pauses and turn-taking determine whether talk feels respectful or intrusive.