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  1. Respectable Native Accents | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help ...

    Nov 26, 2017 · Get hold of footage of people speaking or better yet, get to know some folks who speak the kind of dialect you're looking for. And it makes a difference whether you're reproducing the …

  2. Dialect and dialogue. - Writing Forums

    Jul 31, 2011 · Dialect is word choices that distinguish a country, region, subculture, or even an individual. Use dialect freely. Phonetic accents, on the other hand, are to reading as six inches of …

  3. Any suggestions for authentic Aussie dialect?

    Jul 28, 2012 · Keep in mind that Australia is a rather large country. Expect regional differences. People make the same mistake with a "British dialect" or an American "Southern dialect."

  4. Irish narrator in America spelling and grammar - Writing Forums

    Mar 19, 2013 · Isle of White? Which accent is that? It appears to share a common ancestor with the Hampshire dialect specifically and the West Country dialects more generally, and share most of the …

  5. Any Irvine Welsh fans? - Writing Forums

    Jan 1, 2014 · It takes a while to get your head arround the Scottish colloquial dialect he is writing in, it's incredibly crude, condones some highly immoral behaviour, excessive drug use and violence - but …

  6. Little trouble with dialog | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help ...

    Dec 27, 2017 · It would underscore the dialect. What's interesting here is there's only one "said." I can't stress enough . . . Don't use addressing as an out. You have to have a VERY good reason to do it. …

  7. Does every character need to have their own unique syntax and way of ...

    Jan 27, 2020 · And take to heart Mark Twain's comment on the different dialects in Huckleberry Finn: In this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the …

  8. Sexy voices | Page 2 | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing ...

    Aug 26, 2010 · I am near Forres is it the same nearer Loch Ness - here with the over 70s the accent/dialect and language changes from village to village? You can tell with them which one came …

  9. What would this "sound" like? | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help ...

    Feb 7, 2022 · Hardboiled sweets falling on a wooden floor, scattering all over. What would the sweets hitting the floor sound like? Trying to come up with words to...

  10. A Character With Bad English - Writing Forums

    Jan 1, 2014 · IN this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the backwoods Southwestern dialect; the ordinary "Pike County" dialect; and four …