WORK FOR WEEK THREE:
VOICE AND DIALOGUE
Write a passage of dialogue in which the characters can be distinguished just by
· Choice of vocabulary
· Rhythm of speech and grammar
· Speech acts (ordering, asking, cursing, persuading. . .)
· Vocatives (Sir, darling, Mr Brown, you twit!, Frederick)
· Fillers (I mean, um, you know)
I still get calls from people wanting the services of a local gardener, whose telephone number differs from mine by only one digit, and many's the time I've had conversations similar to the little example I've written today:-
ReplyDelete"Hello - who's calling?"
"Is'at choo? - Cor! Took a nage, but now I'm frew..."
"I'm sorry? Please give me a clue..."
"Is'at the man wot mows me lawn?
Oh, dear me money's nearly gorn..."
Pip..pip..pip...