For questions about issues specific to speaking out loud. Do not use this tag for questions about general communication.
Questions tagged [verbal-communication]
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How to tell a colleague to lower down her Christmas spirit in office event organising?
I am part of a Fun committee in office and have the responsibility to organize the office events related to proceedings festivals. It's a secular company so we usually cover a variety of festivals - the next one in our arms is Christmas.
A few of us…
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How to tell about a deal-breaker without it sounding like an ultimatum
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My new date has a habit that is a deal-breaker for me. She knows it bothers me generally, but doesn't know it bothers me enough to break up with her.
My questions is, how do I tell her that without it sounding like an ultimatum?
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Dealing with criticism of my mispronunciation of words
I learned a lot of higher level vocabulary words from reading books, as opposed to hearing people say them. This however leads to situations where I will pronounce a word based on the way I understand it, rather than the way it is generally…
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People assuming dead person's intentions
Background:
My mom died about 1.5 years ago of cancer.
I'm 31 and have always been a Mama's boy, I'm proud of it, I'm an extremely good cook, I can darn my socks and so on.
Since my mom died tho, I have been really lacking in some areas, mostly…
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How can I communicate better with my indirect friends as a direct person?
I am a very direct person. Say what you mean, mean what you say, nothing more, nothing less. Most of my friends of my same gender happen to be indirect.
If I text one of my friends a question such as "Are you free this Thursday night to hang…
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How do I argue in an impersonal manner?
Whenever I argue, people always seem to take it very personally. I see it more as problem solving, where the problem is whatever is being argued (99.9% of the time, the disputed premise is purely hypothetical).
The progression usually goes like so:…
user20
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How to communicate to my girlfriend that I'd like us to spend more time talking to each other?
I've recently (in the past two weeks) entered a relationship with a girl I've been dating for about two months. We, so far, seem to be pretty compatible with each other and I'm happy.
A little background: I'm a recent college graduate and she is a…
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I don't want to make a free website anymore. Also concerned person may have signed up for auto-renewing hosting
Related to my last question, I'm trying to gain experience and a portfolio and offered to make someone a website for free. Things have not gone as smoothly as hoped for a number of reasons:
The website she wants is more complex than I had…
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How to communicate to a fellow student of the opposite sex that avoids me that I have no interest in her whatsoever
It seems more and more evident that a fellow student (we are in the same engineering year) of the opposite gender tends to avoid me because she seems to fear that I am somewhat interested in her. This is the result of several big mistakes/…
user27486
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How do I mingle with westerners in office as a south asian in the UK?
I came to the UK to work on contract through software company.
I've been in the UK now for more than 2 years now, but I'm still not able to make much rapport or personal friendship with westerners in our office because I don't want to spoil anything…
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What are the effects of using a verbal tic in informal speech?
I've been watching the Japanese version of Naruto a lot, recently, and the word "dattebayo" really stuck with me...
Not necessarily a good thing, but I'm doing it pretty much unconsciously now.
I've been told to "grow up" by my friends, and I'm…
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Dress code due to worry about staining lounge and homeware for casual get together
My friend is worried about potential staining and marking of her white and bright expensive lounge and other homeware goods. She is hosting a casual get-together with close friends at her home so she doesn't want to seem annoying or make friends…
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How to get someone to speak more clearly (with less idioms)?
(For a bit of a backstory, this question is related to this one here)
I have a friend called Bob. He's part of a group of friends I meet with regularly. Bob has a very direct, yet cryptic communication style. I find this is rare because usually…
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A friend always talks in dry-professional language even though being very close to me for years
It is strange that one of my close friends, who I know for years and have spent a lot of time in recreational activities, talks to me in very dry-professional language. It is a very minor thing, but it is kind of annoying me a little. For example,…
user9533
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How to communicate face-to-face with a person who never stops talking and listen?
I have a colleague at work who when speaking will keep talking without taking a breath AT ALL. I recorded our last call and checked the time he was talking vs. the time I was talking. He was talking 96% of the time.
That does not matter. What…
