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> It's not uncommon to have reasonably long conversations where you think you're communicating, only to find out that your conversations were entirely parallel.
by Dn_Ab 16y ago
> It's not uncommon to have reasonably long conversations where you think you're communicating, only to find out that your conversations were entirely parallel.
I suspect this is not unique to japanese. I bet this happens a lot in all languages. Especially during arguments.
- Natsu 16y agoI don't doubt you, but it's a lot easier when, grammatically, you don't have to include the thing you're talking about in the conversation. Incidentally, the incident I was thinking about wasn't an argument at all. Kklein posted a funny one to Slashdot ages ago about his Japanese wife continuing a conversation from they day before (using the topic of their old conversation without stating it), but I can't seem to drag it out of Google right now.