How native speakers pronounce “strangers”

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and connect with other people that we choose not to take. We avoid talking to strangers. We lean back and type to each other

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changed all of my relationships. I've turned countless strangers into friends or into acquaintances at least --

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It is the sometimes fragile, invisible agreement that millions of strangers will share institutions, sacrifices and a future.

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is something called the “liking gap,” which is a phenomenon wherein when strangers interact and predict how likely the other person is to like them,

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So your five could include close loved ones, casual acquaintances, even complete strangers. In fact, in one study that I love,

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because the flip side of social cohesion is a wariness of strangers and outsiders. But Giuseppe, he wasn't suspicious at all.

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First Dates even long plane rides with strangers life transitions are fundamentally autobiographical occasions

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park benches, bus stops, just to bring smiles to the faces of strangers, smiles that they would never even see.

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I see you there. I'm obsessed with talking to strangers. I make eye contact, say hello,

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in many parts of the world, we're raised to believe that strangers are dangerous by default, that we can't trust them, that they might hurt us.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

that we can't trust them, that they might hurt us. But most strangers aren't dangerous. We're uneasy around them because we have no context.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

I know it sounds a little counterintuitive, intimacy and strangers, but these quick interactions can lead to a feeling

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

Researchers have found that people often feel more comfortable being honest and open about their inner selves with strangers than they do with their friends and their families --

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

than they do with their friends and their families -- that they often feel more understood by strangers. This gets reported in the media with great lament.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

This gets reported in the media with great lament. "Strangers communicate better than spouses!" It's a good headline, right?

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

and our families. So how is it possible that we communicate so well with strangers? There are two reasons.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

OK. So now that we know that talking to strangers matters, how does it work?

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

People from Denmark tell me that many Danes are so averse to talking to strangers, that they would rather miss their stop on the bus

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

and there's a remarkable culture of hospitality. Strangers might ask each other for a sip of water. Or, if you ask someone for directions,

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

We tend to meet disclosure with disclosure, even with strangers. So, here it is.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

So, here it is. When you talk to strangers, you're making beautiful interruptions into the expected narrative of your daily life

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

You're making unexpected connections. If you don't talk to strangers, you're missing out on all of that. We spend a lot of time

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We spend a lot of time teaching our children about strangers. What would happen if we spent more time teaching ourselves?

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

So the procedure is fairly simple: two strangers take turns asking each other 36 increasingly personal questions and then they stare into each other's eyes

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They were from students and journalists and friendly strangers like this one. I did radio interviews and they asked.

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and several subsequent studies have also used Aron's fast friends protocol as a way to quickly create trust and intimacy between strangers. They've used it between members of the police and members of community,

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Whose approval feels the best? And where do strangers fall into that ranking? SRYA: Ooh, that's a good question.

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This required sleeping in tents, strangers’ homes, and the occasional jail cell along the way. But this morning, as Béliveau was ready to leave,

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who you see maybe every week. Even talking to strangers has that benefit. So they did an experiment

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or listening to music or reading. It turned out that the people who were assigned to talk to strangers didn't think they were going to like it,

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than the people who just rode the subway keeping to themselves. So even talking to strangers gives us that little hit of well-being from relationships.

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and therefore special. So if you're nervous about talking to strangers, take a few deep breaths,

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Because so much more is possible when we already know one another. Rather than parachuting in strangers during times of crisis. As unfair as it may seem, the future is up to us.

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