A loud "shh" announced marine biologist Mick Fogg, our expedition leader – a courtly Australian who bowed and smiled and addressed the ladies as "ma'am" before introducing us to his 12-strong expedition team.
"Shh," we will whisper to them as they huddle and tremble.
It ends with the invocation "Shh," whispered after much turmoil.
"Shh!" she'd urge, while tuning in to a spat in the neighboring booth, "They're breaking up".
"Shh," he hissed, pointing to a sign: "This is a silent party".
(Shh!) Yet, while updating your Facebook page as you're watching a film may be part of a historical continuum, it's also true that the informal contract that turned an individual viewer into part of a collective audience when she settled into a movie theater seat has frayed.
Several times, he tried to regain order with a quick "shh," but it was no use.
After the game, NBC's Michele Tafoya asked Rodgers, "What do you think you told the critics tonight?" Rodgers said, "Shh," and walked away.
When asked about football recently, Prahalis, who has a tattoo that reads "Shh" on the inside of her right index finger, lowers her voice.
In Boston, he declared himself on a personal quest to eliminate the saying of "shh" in classrooms, citing what he called "the fundamental ambiguity of 'shh.' Are you asking the kids not to talk, or are you asking kids to talk more quietly?" A teacher's control, he said repeatedly, should be "an exercise in purpose, not in power".
