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Levels of talk, small talk etc

TheCatWoman

We sort of know what small talk is and that most of us struggle with it.

But are there other levels of talk?

Big talk I suppose we'd mostly define as talking in depth about either important things or things we're particularly knowlegeable of.

But what about medium talk? Is there such a thing? What is it and why do we hear so little about it?

  • There isn’t a medium talk but there is ‘professional conversation’ such as between a solicitor and client or between work colleagues. Then there is ‘romantic talk’ between lovers and canine talk between humans and their dogs. 

    I could go on …

  • "Small talk" is one of those phrases that only apply to one thing, so there is no medium or big talk. For me, there is only talk (hopefully about a subject that interests me) or social chit-chat/small talk. But your question has made me think. If there was a medium talk, for me it would be when people talk about a subject superficially, just exchanging simplistic opinions without delving deeper.