At a reception [...], I noticed a publicist listening attentively to the producer of a popular radio show. [...] What caught my attention was the length of time he was speaking while she was listening. He was delivering a monologue that could only be called a lecture [...]. I later asked the publicist if she had been interested in the information the producer had given her. "Oh yes," she answered. But then she thought a moment and said, "Well, maybe he did go on a bit." The next day she told me, "I was thinking about what you asked. I couldn't have cared less about what he was saying. It's just that I'm so used to listening to men go on about things I don't care about, I didn't even realize how bored I was until you made me think of it."
Deborah Tannen, Ph.D. - You Just Donât Understand - Women and Men in Conversation
Traduction : âLors dâune rĂ©ception [...], je remarquai une publicitaire Ă©coutant attentivement le producteur dâune cĂ©lĂšbre Ă©mission de radio. [...] Le temps quâil passait Ă parler pendant quâelle Ă©coutait attira mon attention. Ce nâĂ©tait plus un monologue : câĂ©tait une confĂ©rence. [...] Plus tard, je demandai Ă la publicitaire si elle avait Ă©tĂ© intĂ©ressĂ©e par le discours du producteur. âOh oui,â me rĂ©pondit-elle. Mais elle rĂ©flĂ©chit un instant et dit : âEnfin, câest vrai que câĂ©tait un peu long.â Le lendemain, elle me dit : âJâai rĂ©flĂ©chi Ă votre question. Je me fichais complĂštement de ce quâil me racontait. Câest juste que jâai tellement lâhabitude dâĂ©couter des hommes me parler sans fin de choses dont je me fiche que je ne mâĂ©tais pas rendu compte Ă quel point je mâennuyais avant que vous mây fassiez rĂ©flĂ©chir.â
*murmure* mecnologue......