not give good respond for what Chris was talking about, so Chris lost topic of conversation. He chose to continue his statement about Hongkong is really expensive.
Having a silence in the middle of conversation is commonly happened in making interaction among people. It can be solve if addressee can respond nicely by making
comments or another ways to make it well in the middle of the talk.
4.2.2.7 To Make Gossip
It talks about other people or people’s private lives. It is informal situation when there is no the third person in the talk. There are three stages to make gossip.
They are mentioned in the following explanations.
4.2.2.7.1 Opening
It is used to start the gossip. The example from an Indonesian employee and a Wales’ conversation which can be explained in excerpt 58.
Excerpt 58 Turn
Speakers Utterances
93 Will
Yes yes. The economic situation in Europe is very bad ya.
94 Eva
Ya. I have a customer aa he lives in London.
95 Will
Ya. It can be presented in excerpt 58 that making a gossip is opened by Eva when
Will said if the economic situation in Europe was very bad. Eva directly remembered about her customer who lived in London which is a part city in Europe. She started to
making gossip about her customer.
4.2.2.7.2 Middle or Content
It contains any kind of topics. They are about friends, business partners, politic, public figure, etc. From an Indonesian employee and a Wales’ conversation can be
explained in excerpt 59.
Excerpt 59 Turn
Speakers Utterances
108 Eva
Ya. ==
My customer..
109 Will
== Maybe I maybe you can help me to find some something.
It can be seen in excerpt 59 that Eva still wanted to continue her story about her customer, but Will did not respond positively. Will had another topic if maybe Eva
could help him to find something which related with Eva’s business.
4.2.2.7.3 Closing
It is used to end gossip. An Indonesian employee and a Wales closed making gossip in excerpt 60 in the following details.
Excerpt 60 Turn
Speakers Utterances
143 Eva
And he also aa ever go to East.
Um, for Europe is near yea between French and
== also Germany. 144
Will == Yea yea, Europe is very close to other
ya..
It can be seen in excerpt 60 that Eva had different way to close the gossip. She closed the gossip by saying
and he also aa ever go to East.
Then, she continued
another topic about the distance between French to Germany. This was the end of the gossip about customer. It was added that Will did not give any respond about the
customer. He continued fastly to talk about countries in Europe were very close each other.
4.2.2.8 To Create Harmony
