The way we speak now. Part N.

Date: 23 October 2007 02:54:26

Overheard on a bus. One side of a mobile phone conversation. Youngish black bloke with London accent.

[inquisitively] "So you've got a flat in Boston then?"

[entusiastically] "Wow! so a..."

[inquisitively] "But you're keeping your place in London?"

[resignedly] "Oh. OK"

[sadly] "So that's it then? You've moved to the States? You've not got a base in London any more?"

[mildly mockingly] "Well... when M moved out.. it didn't work out too well for me did it?"

[quietly] "I've not really got over it yet. I've not done much this year."

[ironically] "You've done nothing all year yourself! You've only gone and got married! That isn't much, is it? And in America..."

[closingly] "Yes, I'm on the bus."

[] "Yeah. speak to you soon"