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I have this tendency to vocalize my prediction of the speaker's next words; this is sometimes interpreted as an interruption. When I do this, I'm not intending
by asfarley 7y ago
I have this tendency to vocalize my prediction of the speaker's next words; this is sometimes interpreted as an interruption.
When I do this, I'm not intending to stop the speaker, or even to speak over them; the goal is to demonstrate that my understanding is synchronized with what they're saying. It's a tool to improve communication, not to disrupt it.
I sometimes get the impression that 50% of people do this naturally, and 50% hate it and interpret it as interruption.