“For example, suppose people in a particular conversational group agreed certain hand signals, that could be used to cue each other to:”
The “hold it” gesture, palm forward to the other person, works both for “let me finish what I’m saying” and “hold on and let me process what you’ve just said”.
“For example, suppose people in a particular conversational group agreed certain hand signals, that could be used to cue each other to:”
The “hold it” gesture, palm forward to the other person, works both for “let me finish what I’m saying” and “hold on and let me process what you’ve just said”.
I prefer index finger up, as in ‘1 second please’, especially combined with a concentrating look.
‘Hold it’ seems like a bigger command than asking for a few moments.
Yeah, that is better. More polite.