Le ridicule tue. This reason alone is an insufficient basis for a relationship. Customers in a store waiting in line help one another pass the time by chatting. Space which separates two speakers reveals their relationship. If chance places me in a situation where the space between the other and myself is limited, I can use conversation as a tool to recreate the social distance which was involuntarily removed.
Information is shared .
Those who know more, regardless of age, may speak as long as is necessary to communicate their knowledge. A certain brief period of silence indicates that the speaker has concluded, and that someone else may have a turn . Interruptions speak badly of the person responsible for the interruption rather than of the person who was speaking. The ideal American conversation does not try to set off fireworks as it may seem in the French conversation, rather it resembles a jam session. She may be sliding into the French rhythm and tone during a conversation with other Americans, and suddenly be regarded as aggressive, irritating or impolite by the Americans.