They typically begin with a pair of characters whose stereotyped relations and role-playing are disrupted by the entrance of a stranger; the audience sees the psychic stability of the couple break down as their fears, jealousies, hatreds, sexual preoccupations, and loneliness emerge from beneath a screen of bizarre yet commonplace conversation.
The more examples like this that we have exposure to, the more commonplace these conversations can be between children and parents.
But though it may be a few more years before "Star Trek" style conversations become commonplace, universal translators still look set to beat phasers, transporter beams and warp drives in moving from science fiction into reality.
At ASHA, we're doing that by amplifying the messaging so these conversations become commonplace, and we're communicating to young people about sexual health and why it simply can't be ignored.
We were staggered to learn that such conversations are not commonplace, if they take place at all".
The whirlwind series of events has created a new lexicon that is as commonplace as those used in conversations on that most learned of Irish topics – the weather.
Suggestions of smartphones listening in on conversations have become commonplace rumor and "fake news" has entered our vernacular.
Suggestions of smartphones listening in on conversations have become commonplace rumour and "fake news" has entered our vernacular.
You will also most likely know this person so saying "hello" before going along with your business or even carrying on a conversation throughout is commonplace and will not be awkward... after the first month or so (you'll get used to it quickly enough, but I suppose you could go out now and get some practice in if you really wanted to).
Calmly drop it into a conversation with other commonplace facts about yourself if it's merely an acquaintance.
