How native speakers pronounce “conversation”

I'm fascinated by how people got to be there. It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman who maybe most people have never heard of, Gillian Lynne.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Now, I'm not saying whether you should take the statin or not. I'm just saying you should have this conversation with your doctor. Medical ethics requires it,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

You have the right to have access to this kind of information to begin the conversation about whether you want to take the risks or not. Now you might be thinking

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

to the questions that you might be able to ask that will push the conversation forward. You don't want to have to manufacture all of this on the spot.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Bilawal Sidhu: Hey, I'm Bilawal, the tech curator for TED 2026. Hopefully you enjoyed that conversation. Look, drones can be scary --

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

Likewise, at 21 or 25 or even 29, one good conversation, one good break, one good TED Talk, can have an enormous effect

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

A super important conversation. Thank you.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

and doomscrolling on my phone or checking my email, I'd try to have a conversation with her, try to help us get to know each other a little bit.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

Now look, I know that’s not going to make its way into the conversation-starter Hall of Fame, but it didn't seem to matter.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

she looked like a different person. And from there, the conversation just flowed really easily. found things that we had in common,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

I've forgotten a lot of details about how that conversation actually went, but I've never forgotten how that conversation made me feel.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

about how that conversation actually went, but I've never forgotten how that conversation made me feel. Not just good, but surprisingly good.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

or if they turned to the person who sat next to them that morning and tried to have a conversation, tried to connect. The results here were crystal clear:

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

But then when I actually put them into the experiments, in the conversation, the trouble I have is getting them to come back.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

We see this tendency for misplaced pessimism also showing up beyond conversation. When we ask people to think of a compliment

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

when you think about connecting with a stranger, or having a deep conversation with someone, except multiplied by 100 or 1,000.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

not by what he had done, but by the conversation that he had had, by the overconfidence.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

So I performed a much more invasive surgery and had a very different conversation with the patient afterwards. I said, "Most likely I've gotten it all

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

if only you'll ask. So please, join the conversation. Thank you.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

and then to go to a coffee shop and go to a restaurant. And so I think this is a long conversation. I appreciate you for saying, you know, we're one part of it.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

If a country stops to regulate, another one races ahead. Every AI founder has had the same conversation with themselves late at night.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

isn't so simple. To have an informed conversation about the usefulness of cannabinoids for treating medical conditions, including insomnia,

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

in an interview, in a negotiation, in a conversation that could save a marriage or end one. Any place in which you need to reach another human

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

Those predictions are designed to act as conversation stoppers. They're telling you, "Don't question me.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

Just accept what I'm saying as a fact." I'd like for this talk to be a conversation starter. I hope it'll persuade you to ask more questions.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

(Laughter) You know, it used to be that in order to have a polite conversation, we just had to follow the advice of Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady":

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

So this world that we live in, this world in which every conversation has the potential to devolve into an argument,

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Again, that means we're not listening to each other. A conversation requires a balance between talking and listening, and somewhere along the way, we lost that balance.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Is there any 21st-century skill more important than being able to sustain coherent, confident conversation?" Now, I make my living talking to people:

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

I talk to some people that I disagree with deeply on a personal level. But I still have a great conversation with them. So I'd like to spend the next 10 minutes or so teaching you how to talk

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

and that's actually going to help you learn how to be better conversationalists. Learn to have a conversation without wasting your time, without getting bored,

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

We've had them before. We know what it's like. The kind of conversation where you walk away feeling engaged and inspired, or where you feel like you've made a real connection

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Don't think about what you're going to have for dinner. If you want to get out of the conversation, but don't be half in it and half out of it.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

And you don't want to be like that. You need to enter every conversation assuming that you have something to learn. The famed therapist M. Scott Peck said

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

And we do the exact same thing. We're sitting there having a conversation with someone, and then we remember that time that we met Hugh Jackman in a coffee shop.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

So thank you so much for that wonderful talk and for those tips which we will dive into in this conversation. And, you know, I think just to sort of start,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

to actually pay attention to someone, but if you can't do that, you're not in a conversation. You're just two people shouting out barely related sentences

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

So especially if you're a remote worker, think of your background as a conversation starter. You can have photos of travel or your pets.

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

You could have artwork or books that you love, anything that could prompt conversation and engagement. All of these things can help people find things in common

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

it signals that whatever is on your screen is much more important than your conversation with them. On the flip side,

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

in the exact places where there's the most room for change. At work, instead of backing away from an uncomfortable conversation, changing direction might look like naming how awkward it is

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

one of the things that always happens is interviews. I've had this conversation with a lot of my clients because clients are always thinking

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

A confession, if you will. There is a word I've been avoiding in this conversation. So I mentioned at the top of this, you know, dialogue

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

because I knew I was going to huff and puff during this conversation. And yet, I've taken that idea and made it my own.

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

or with one of her research associates in a dynamic conversation, and she compared that to the brain activity of people

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

and just ... talk. The talk, the shop talk, the conversation, that is the essence of the black barbershop.

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

loyalty and trust, it's a place where you're more open to have a conversation about health and especially about high blood pressure.

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

It could be this peculiar, wondrous, bizarre collaboration, kind of conversation between Tom and the strange, external thing that was not quite Tom.

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

It has a much more indepth extended version of this conversation with a lot more insights from Bonnie

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

a Google engineer thought that Google’s AI was sentient. And you may have had a really human-like conversation with something like ChatGPT.

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

Imagine an actor reaching out to every single viewer and having a meaningful conversation with them, or reacting to them.

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

She's going to pretend to be our receptionist at the doctor's office. What you're going to see on screen is a bidirectional conversation, where the software will translate my sign into the blue text,

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

signed and spoken, in one seamless conversation. Thank you.

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

Probably five years. We have time for this conversation. And this is really important.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

playing cards with a neighbor falling into a random conversation that lights up the day

Connect

are chatting together a visible phone keeps the conversation superficial it doesn't have to ring or vibrate or

Connect

one question. In the general conversation out there, a lot of the sort of fear that people spoke of is the arrival of AGI,

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

Not just handed it to her, but with connection and with conversation. And the woman said she couldn't even remember the last time

How Acts of Kindness Sparked a Global Movement | Asha Curran | TED · TED

Everybody pointing back and forth at each other. Right? But young people are having a very different conversation. They are talking about the need for accurate history in their education.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

learn from one another, engage in constructive conversation, and build bridges. We're in this time where there is rampant negativity

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

Give it a try. Make a comment about that third thing, and see if starts a conversation. Another is what I call noticing.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

You might have that experience I talked about of feeling understood. Sometimes in conversation, it comes up, people ask me, "What does your dad do?" or, "Where does he live?"

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

why art is so incredibly important to you. And before I move on with this conversation, I just want to make sure that none of you are like, opting out of this conversation.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

And before I move on with this conversation, I just want to make sure that none of you are like, opting out of this conversation. Because I am talking to you.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

I am talking to you. This conversation is about you. Even if you don't have a creative bone in your body.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

you can be creative in so many different ways. No one is exempt from this conversation. When we create,

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

Making art is activism. This is a big conversation for the time right now. This is a DM I got the other day.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

I don't necessarily know the answers to these questions, but I think they're an important start at having a more thoughtful conversation about what it means to love someone.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

and get wonderful benefits from this incredible system. And so I think we should shift the conversation away from what's the AGI moment

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

and how we would mitigate something before releasing it. I can tell from the conversation you're not a big AI fan. CA: Actually, on the contrary, I use it every day.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

And it's going to be part of our world. And I think this conversation is really important. I think talking about these areas of danger

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

AI can say, hey, totally understand that's what you want. If that's what you want at the end of this conversation, you're in control, you pick.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

They don't interrupt. They don’t walk away mid-conversation. And they don’t cover up sarcasm as humor.

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

the other is stuck trying to explain it to them. And that conversation is never funny. From a producing side,

Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED · TED

predicts with 96 percent accuracy not only how the rest of the conversation will go, but how the rest of the relationship will go six years down the road.

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

and they talked about the events of their day. Julie: Afterwards, they rated how they felt during each conversation before returning home.

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

Goes beyond politics. CA: So I think probably the purpose of this conversation now is for me to gently try and play devil's advocate.

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

It's called flooding, or fight, flight or freeze. So a partner in the middle of a conversation may be sitting there and looking totally calm on the outside,

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

You stop immediately and call for a break, then say when you'll come back to continue the conversation. That's really important.

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

may bring up an issue in that first three minutes of the conversation with something we call harsh startup,

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

They fight to understand. Julie: Fighting to understand means taking a conversation about an issue and going much deeper

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

They don't interrupt, and then they trade roles. We call this “the dreams within conflict” conversation, because it really helps people get at their thoughts and feelings

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

was all for it. So they decided to try the dreams within conflict conversation. So when Alison asked Jenny,

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

versus staying home and raising a family. Without the dreams within conflict conversation, they never would have gotten to this level of understanding of one another.

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

You know, the fact that in principle, someone's kid could have a conversation with Einstein based on his wisdom.

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

Does it? I think it’s a reasonable conversation. But I think most people here would agree

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

or that they're correct. And so sometimes I just reflect on that conversation to remind myself, like, these are just people.

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

And I think this takes us back to the people-pleasing part of the conversation, because if you're afraid to open up to your partner,

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

I have this one. If you can have that conversation and they're cool with it, why not save yourself from some arguments?

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

there's so many cases where you could get misaligned on one thing or another, but just keeping the conversation going, continue to communicate, just being present with one another,

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

To tell you the truth, is that I'm literally just here to have conversation for the sake of conversation.

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

is that I'm literally just here to have conversation for the sake of conversation. I'm here to tell stories for the sake of telling stories.

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

because there is any particular conclusion you want to arrive at, but simply to have a conversation for its sake. And this is what I want to do today.

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

And then, after two and a half hours of having amazing conversation with Mr. Shatner, somebody came up to us and said,

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

And one of the questions that I have to ask is: When did we decide that every conversation must be transactional? When did we decide that every conversation must have some hidden KPI,

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

When did we decide that every conversation must be transactional? When did we decide that every conversation must have some hidden KPI, and not have a conversation for its sake,

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

When did we decide that every conversation must have some hidden KPI, and not have a conversation for its sake, to enjoy the company of another human?

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

Because in reality, what we do know is that behind every casual conversation we'll have with anybody is the desire for connection.

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

while sharing stories for the sake of sharing stories, while having conversations for the sake of conversation is not what makes us human.

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

They're using it to build confidence before they bring that uncomfortable conversation to their partner. And I think that's beautiful.

The AI-Generated Intimacy Crisis | Bryony Cole | TED · TED