If you hear someone speaking loudly in a library or a movie theater, do you give that person a stern look and a forceful “Shh!”?

Most people consider loud talking to be distracting when they’re watching a movie or trying to study at a library.

But is it rude to try to quiet someone who is making noise? Or is there a polite way to ask a person to be quiet?

If you shout at the person who is making the noise, then the problem grows even worse. But there are people who can help.

In a movie theater, the usher can be enlisted to reprimand someone who is making noise.

In libraries, the librarian is often the one to insist that if you must speak to someone you do so in a whisper. That way, your voice is inaudible (see definition below) to others in the room.

What do you think is proper etiquette at movie theaters and libraries?

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Can you think of other places where conversations should be nearly inaudible?

INAUDIBLE: Not audible, impossible to be heard.