One of the shortcomings of most online language learning systems is that they cannot teach language-specific conversational turn-taking cues. Without them, conversations feel awkward and frustrating, and the participants often don't know why.
@BradRubenstein@languagelovers@linguistics This is one of the things I still haven't fully figured out in Finnish. My ability to communicate has grown immensely and continues to grow, but I still sometimes find myself unable to grab the conversational turn without doing something rude.
@BradRubenstein@languagelovers@linguistics I'm not familiar with ASL norms at all, but I'm going to assume that that's a bit like slapping your hand over someone's mouth to get them to shut up.
Thankfully for me, it's mostly just a matter of feeling like I'm interrupting. I can't say if I actually am, though (if I could I wouldn't have the problem, at least not as much).
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