Prick up your ears
21 December 2004. Inspired by .
One of the nice things about being temporarily back in Yorkshire is those moments when you're reminded that Alan Bennett is less a great writer and more a great transcriber of typical overheard Yorkshire conversations.
Onesuch in Harrogate this morning, from a man on the phone: "This is the first time I've ever spoken to someone on a horse."
And othersuch, in a secondhand bookshop:
Elderly man, entering: Is my friend here, do you know? I sent him this way on the expectation of finding Dashiell Hammett.
Shopkeeper: There was a man in here not long ago, but he bought a book on Indian armour and another on French embroidery.
Man: Yes, that's the fellow.