In Language and Prejudice class, we learned about the subcultural differences between various groups' speech habits. Among Athabaskan Alaskans (yes, rhyming), the natives of the state of Alaska, conversational pauses are common and acceptable (what we call awkward silence), lasting up to two minutes. Among New York city Jews for example, "conversational overlap" (i.e. talking loudly over each other) is considered cooperative. If we were to put these two peoples together, their speech differences would most likely cause miscommunication and dispute or/and an amazing romantic comedy.