So these people managed to have a communication exchange with a whale. It is really exciting achievement. The problem is that they call this "conversation" when they admit they have no idea what they actually said beyond the first greeting. I think the word for this is overselling.

I also had a very fruitful conversation with someone in Hungary. It turned out that the very polite and patient person invested 20 minutes to try to explain to me that beyond the first greeting, I was making unintelligible sounds.