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Interruption might be partly due to mismatch in visual cues. People look for non-verbal signs that a person stopped talking. Maybe those misfire because of cultural differences? If true, this should be especially pronounced in group conversations.


That's not all of it. There are clear interruptions of the person talking by the wait staff.




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