{"id":8726,"date":"2015-03-02T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=8726"},"modified":"2015-03-02T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:45:09","slug":"conversational-fragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/conversational-fragments\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversational Fragments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I wrote an article entitled Useful Conversational Rejoinders<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u2026 well you asked for more, so here it is:<\/p>\n

Setting:<\/span> doctor’s waiting room.
\nState of mind:<\/span> bored to the point of counting the cracks in the ceiling for the third time
\nEntertainment value:<\/span>\u00a0\u201310<\/p>\n

suddenly \u2026 nothing happens!<\/p>\n

\"uno,<\/a>

uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, ecc. ecc. ecc.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

but then … ubiquitous ring-tone … whose could it be? Not mine, not hers …<\/p>\n

a man seated near the solitary radiator in the far corner reaches into\u00a0the pocket of his leather jacket, pulls out a cell phone, stands, and walks across to the window.
\nIt’s a vain attempt to find a private space in a small room containing 6 other bored patients (not even an old copy of Oggi<\/strong> to read). Forget the cracked ceiling, we now have a new source of entertainment.<\/p>\n

Unanimously we feign disinterest \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
A one sided conversation<\/td>\n\u2026 and its translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pronto
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nciao, allora, com\u2019\u00e8?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nah s\u00ec?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nno, no, d\u2019accordo, s\u00ec
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nnon lo so, devo sentire Carlo
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nesatto!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\ndavvero \u2026 ma pensa te!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nma no, non \u00e8 detto
\n\u2026\u2026.
\ne Laura, cosa ne pensa?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\ncos\u00ec piccolo \u2026\u00a0ma pensa te!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\ne poi?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nno, non ci credo!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nma scherzi?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\ndio buono, ma pensa un po\u2019!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nokay, ho capito
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nho capito \u2026 ho capito
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nva bene, okay
\n\u2026\u2026.
\ns\u00ec, senz\u2019altro\u2026\u2026.
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nd\u2019accordo \u2026 d\u2019accordo
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nallora ci sentiamo in settimana
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nperfetto, okay, ciao caro, ciao ciao<\/strong><\/td>\n		hello
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nhi, how\u2019s it going?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nreally?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nno, no, sure, yes
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nI don\u2019t know, I need to talk to Carlo
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nexactly!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nreally \u2026 well I\u2019ll be!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nwell no, not necessarily
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nand what does Laura think about it
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nthat small\u00a0 \u2026 well I\u2019ll be!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nthen what happened?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nno, I don\u2019t believe it!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nyou\u2019re joking?
\n\u2026\u2026.
\ngood lord, well I never!
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nokay, understood
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nI understand \u2026 I understand
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nalright, okay
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nyes, definitely
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nokay \u2026 okay
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nso we’ll get in touch during the week
\n\u2026\u2026.
\nperfect, okay, bye mate, bye bye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Silence … 6 innocent faces gaze at the walls and ceiling as if the monumental piece of entertainment and intrigue had never taken place. Outwardly they seem completely engrossed in the act of counting the cracks for the fourth time, but 6 imaginations are now at work. Inwardly 6 different scenarios are gradually evolving and taking form as each of the occupants of the waiting room reconstructs their personal version of the unheard half of the conversation \u2026<\/p>\n

Dear Readers, where does your imagination take you? What was the person on the other end of the line talking about? Come on, don\u2019t be shy, leave a comment \u2026 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Last week I wrote an article entitled Useful Conversational Rejoinders \u2026 well you asked for more, so here it is: Setting: doctor’s waiting room. State of mind: bored to the point of counting the cracks in the ceiling for the third time Entertainment value:\u00a0\u201310 suddenly \u2026 nothing happens! but then … ubiquitous ring-tone … whose…<\/p>\n

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