I will gesture or say something to "give permission" for the argument to go to that next level of intensity
What sort of signals do you give?
Hand-gestures that they should continue; body-language of interest; I'll sometimes ask for a clarification that gets into minutiae, to show that they're just not listening to themselves talk for no reason. I'm not the sort who particulalry enjoys eye-contact, but I use it a lot when I'm trying to prove that I'm both interested and invested in a discussion.
In other news, I skipped Alias! Well, no big loss. You guys will warn me when Baby Assassin is scheduled to guest star again, right? Wossname, Sark.
I am making comfort food for dinner: mashed sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top. Best use of an orange vegetable evar!
sara,
your original post said that (a)no=no in Czech. That's why I was confused.
Edited because I just re-read the orignal post that confused me.
Not quite. Czech is in italics. No whitefont, because, HEY, language lesson!
Ano-
yes
ne-
no
no (abbrv.)-
yeah.
Confused yet? Try breaking in the language the first week. Or hell, after a few drinks. I got a lot of extra drinks, had to wiggle out of quite a few mistakenly accepted propositions, and just... trouble. Oh, and there was that free cab ride that I had to flee from. Oy.
Neni zac?
It's nothing.
Gotcha - I edited. In your original post, you said that ano=no (not yes), so that's why I was confused.
Fingers, meet brain. Fingers, obey brain. And yes, I expect you to read it even when it gives you bad signals. Figure out what it really meant.
no (abbrv.)- yeah.
That is super confusing for an English speaker!
Good lord why am I not writing my paper.
Alias: Whee! I think
everything's gonna go boom!
Whee!
Have I mentioned lately how much I adore Laura?
no (abbrv.)- yeah.
I think I'd have gone a little bonkers at first.
