Essentially, is there a chatter-factor?
"There is a chatter and a high level of chatter both regionally and in other international spots," Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to Washington, said at a lengthy dinner for a group of reporters convened in a sprawling woolen bedouin tent on the grounds of his residence here.
There is a chattering class of publicists, buyers, sellers, cinephiles and yes, journalists, who create something of an echo chamber where buzz, that gauzy coin of the realm at Sundance, is created.
Well, it appears there is chatter of a buyout deal in the offing.
For a while there was chatter among its fans that bull semen was behind the drink's name and its oomph.
There is chatter about a revaluation of China's currency soon, but anyone expecting a big shift is likely to be disappointed.
Even before the super committee announced its failure to come to an agreement, there was chatter that lawmakers would re-configure the contours of the trigger.
There was some chatter a couple months ago about the possibility of solar-powered tuk-tuks — you know, the little three-wheeled mini-vehicles used all over Asia.
"There is a constant chatter about this," said Kenneth Braddick, a Wellington resident who founded a Web site about dressage.
Commentators and newscasters glide with easy assurance thru the dismal swamp of events, pointing out a flashing wing bar here, a curved beak there, chattering freely of immaturities, changed stripes, dusky streaks.
There is angry chatter from a clutch of blue jays.
