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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?

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  • 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 …

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    Why isn't there medium talk though, I agree with Alexa though and it's probably a conversation with more depth than small talk but not enough to be big talk.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    There probably isn’t a medium talk because the English language evolved without needing a term like medium  talk. 

    The term ‘small talk’ could have evolved to be called something entirely different like ‘frivolous talk’. Words aren’t always literal.

    To make small talk in the Italian language is ‘fare conversazione’, literally, to ‘make conversation’. It’s not always literal either because it can mean conversation or it can apply to small talk, there isn’t a separate term.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    There probably isn’t a medium talk because the English language evolved without needing a term like medium  talk. 

    The term ‘small talk’ could have evolved to be called something entirely different like ‘frivolous talk’. Words aren’t always literal.

    To make small talk in the Italian language is ‘fare conversazione’, literally, to ‘make conversation’. It’s not always literal either because it can mean conversation or it can apply to small talk, there isn’t a separate term.

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