Could use a better name: Appropriate Conversation Interruption

I was proposing this in YKTTW, and people were saying it was already covered by Appropriate Conversation Interruption. To check this, I think a few questions should be asked to clarify what qualifies as that trope and what doesn't.

First off, the trope says the pieces of dialogue "make sense" when put together. Are they referring to making logical sense, or grammatical sense?

It seems to me that the already-existing trope is when:

• Someone, in the middle of a sentence, notices something and changes what they say.
• A hypothetical listener who doesn't know what the speaker originally meant to say, wouldn't be able to tell that there was a midsentence change. (Unless they're paying attention to inflection, which hardly anyone in fiction ever does.)

... so, would my YKTTW be distinguished enough from it?

Not that I can tell.

I'm the one who came up with the trope page and actually agree that the name I gave it wasn't that good. Maybe "Appropriate Dialogue Interruption Timing" or something of the sort would be better.

Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption?

Meta Four, I like your idea. Originally I had been thinking of something like "Appropus Interruptus", but didn't think people would catch onto the meaning.

Only 14 wicks. Wouldn't be much trouble to rename this one at all. I'll attach a single-prop crowner.

It's been about three days, and all five people who voted are in favor of renaming this one.

Bump, there's a consensus to rename this.

Yes, 11 yeas and no nays would be consensus. I'll make an alt-title crowner.

It strikes me that "someone, in the middle of a sentence, notices something and changes what they say" is not actually an interruption.

Midsentence Correction? Midsentence Subject Change?

edited 29th Sep '11 9:33:09 AM by shimaspawn

Sensical Non Sequitur?

Bump for more votes.

My feeling is there are at least three different categories at work here:

One: The speaker departs from a line of conservation and comments on something in a way that's syntactically correct, but kind of a non sequitur to the original subject.

Two: The speaker's words are filled in by another speaker, who probably doesn't notice the appropriate filling in of the blank.

Three: A supposedly accidental montage of people saying things that mesh together in editing to say something different or unexpectedly cohesive from what they were really saying. The montages of people noticing Dr. Evil's rocket and it's rather provocative shape in the Austin Powers movies are an example.

Calling the crowner in favour of Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption.

Appropriate Conversation Interruption, Appropriate Interruption, Midsentence Subject Change, and Sensical Non Sequitur are now redirects for Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption, the wicks should be fixed, and there are notes about the change on the Renamed Tropes page and in the renamed tropes thread. I did not see any discussion or YKTTW to move.

Feel free to take a look at the rename and point out any errors I may have made. I am not quite sure that Sensical Non Sequitur really makes sense as a redirect, but since Redirects Are Free, I doubt it could hurt much to keep it as one.

Bobby G deserves thanks for calling the crowner.

edited 4th Jan '12 10:32:59 AM by LouieW