Worth a Thousand Words

[differenceblog]

James Kent, in a 2006 article with the stunning citation "There is plenty of information online and in books," says "women talk for the sake of talking." It's possible that Kent is referring to the oft-quoted (and rarely cited) chestnut that men use 7,000 words per day whereas women use 20,000. Godwin Scerri uses this tidbit in his discussion of

Comments

[astrogeek01]

Huh. Does it happen with other women mostly in date-like settings, or in general?

[differenceblog]

As far as I can recall, only in date-like settings. In fact, it largely happens when I'm trying not to screw up my chances of getting lucky, sad as that is to say. *shame*

[astrogeek01]

Actually, that's very interesting. Because having an uninteresting conversation partner greatly reduces their chances of getting lucky, IMO. But if I were on a date, I probably also wouldn't continue talking to fill the void either... so if they weren't contributing to the conversation it would grow awkward pretty quickly.

Huh.

[differenceblog]

In situations where this has happened, I don't know if the women involved have ever noticed that I wasn't talking. There were no conversational voids (long enough for me to notice).