Since we are spending our days and evenings outdoors, I am astonished with the continual discourse going on; everywhere we go, people are talking. Am I wrong, or do people in New York talk alotalot? And, do many choose to talk loudly?
I have, willingly and unwillingly, overheard so many conversations these last days my mind is reeling. It is as if hearing these stories, out of context to the narrators’ lives, creates a kaleidoscope projection of “life in the city”. It is fascinating because each new conversational tidbit adds a new diamond-shaped coloured element to the image.
Where people’s looks here present an infinite variation of diversity, people’s conversation seems to be universally, uniformly concerned with existential worries and personal dramas.
I haven't been in New York yet but I had the impression that people in Germany mostly speak very soft compared to other nations. But even here I'm constantly over-hearing conversations and all these people tend to stay with me. Story-fragments.
ReplyDeleteGoing to a park, wood, or lake helps. Especially if there aren't many people.
Oh yes, New Yorkers do talk fast and loud! You get to hear all sorts of things you don't want to hear!
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