spiel vs talk at

spiel

verb
  • To talk at length. 

  • To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking. 

noun
  • A game of curling. 

  • A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. 

  • An early form of rap music. 

talk at

verb
  • To speak with; to have a conversation with. 

  • To speak with (someone) without truly listening to their response or interacting meaningfully. 

How often have the words spiel and talk at occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )