tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post2764716356195535594..comments2024-03-28T09:00:44.576-04:00Comments on YA Authors You've Never Heard Of: Let's talk Dialect!Christine Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657651210128892443noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-85340033588656453582011-01-24T07:30:38.624-05:002011-01-24T07:30:38.624-05:00Thank you all for the comments! And yeah, poor Ch...Thank you all for the comments! And yeah, poor Chekov overwriten with his poor accent. :)Gloria Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170079541864985683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-22180446448049484102011-01-23T18:37:12.029-05:002011-01-23T18:37:12.029-05:00Good point. It takes only a few words to make a di...Good point. It takes only a few words to make a difference. I seldom use dialect except in my wip that has pirate lingo which is fun to write.Beverly Stowe McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176195451841801819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-54912161647905388462011-01-22T01:06:37.427-05:002011-01-22T01:06:37.427-05:00Here from Jon Gibbs at LiveJournal, who recommende...Here from Jon Gibbs at LiveJournal, who recommended this post.<br /><br />You can definitely do a lot with adding words or dropping words, or changing just one or two things. These days I'm interested in seeing what people do, what works, and what doesn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-27818169449952009092011-01-21T15:55:09.653-05:002011-01-21T15:55:09.653-05:00"Have you ever read anything you felt was ove..."Have you ever read anything you felt was over spiced with the dialect?"<br /><br />Any Star Trek novel that tried to include Chekov's Russian accent...Sparks of Emberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971371995599010711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-64474892624191111242011-01-21T11:14:26.892-05:002011-01-21T11:14:26.892-05:00I have always "wanted" to like authors l...I have always "wanted" to like authors like Mark Twain, but the heavy use of dialect really turns me off because it's hard to trudge through. I believe a little goes a long way, and you've done a really good job of illustrating that here. <br /><br />Ironically, there is a "Cajun Night Before Christmas" that is completely in dialect and I can read it with no issues. Hm.Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-22479620336579500832011-01-21T10:38:49.874-05:002011-01-21T10:38:49.874-05:00I mix English and Spanish in some of my dialogue. ...I mix English and Spanish in some of my dialogue. I grew up speaking this way( my family is Italian and Mexican) also the students I taught in East LA spoke this way too. It's interesting how some people criticize this as a stereotype. I'm like, that's how we talk!<br /><br />But then again I'm a walking cliche. I have red hair and green eyes.Kim Baccelliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304806976633973536noreply@blogger.com