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Did
you ever accidentally listened to or witness a dialogue in a
public or private place (park, café, cultural center,
wedding reception, home, school…) that captured your
attention? Or something that made you think about the subject or
tone of the conversation later on? Some overheard conversations
can be quite revealing about a city.
Try to
record in writing a very small part of a dialogue as you hear
it, with only minor editing if needed. See if tells others
something about the way people think and talk in your city, or
some of the things that its residents are concerned or happy
about. You should make sure that the city's identity is not too
obvious in the conversation. It should be something that would
be interesting even if translated to another language. You might
want to tell us where the conversation occurred, but not too
specifically.
An
example from our mystery city:
A conversation captured in a cultural center, between two
old men talking about one of their grandchildren's haircut:
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Desar Antoyin maze?
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Desa, desa…
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Anton maze bid gdrer, aghtchigs essav vor kitch me sbase, ille
mdig tcherav yev knats vazets ayt deghe, kides? Muysseroun
agoumpin edevi djampoun vra, maze gdrets dase osgiyi. Imanas go?
intch khaydaragoutyoun, indor e ne mayre khentatsav, mazere pzig
pzig bid ener. Dase osgi, akh….
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Kidem, kidem…. maalesh, intch enenk…vnas tchouni…
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