We were assigned to eavesdrop on the citizens of Armagh, procuring conversations to inform our brain organs on the distinctive vocal landscape of Northern Irish society. For your pleasure, here is my entry:
“Hello?… Hello?… Hello?…… Hello? Think she’s hung up.”
“Eh?”
“Think she’s hung up. Hello?”
“Eh.”
“No helping it.”
About Christopher Warman
Christopher Warman is a writer from Baltimore, MD. He received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of Welter, the UB's nationally circulated literary journal, for its 2011 and Fall 2014 editions. His works have been published in Welter and the online humorist journal Hobo Pancakes. His plays have been produced through Spotlight UB's Emerging Voices Project and the John Hewitt International Summer School.
His book, The Universal Machine: The Lineage, Life, and Legacy of Amos Östberg—The First Great Computer Scientist of the Internet Age, is available at longcommentpubs.com.
I like the “no helping it” phrase.
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