tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622029434153478101.post6162353317895993697..comments2024-03-18T00:24:50.484-07:00Comments on Graham Smith Writer: Local DialectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622029434153478101.post-84810993327701590602013-01-29T10:41:30.966-08:002013-01-29T10:41:30.966-08:00I'm with Col on that one Graham. A sprinkling ...I'm with Col on that one Graham. A sprinkling is enough. If I wrote all my stuff in Geordie it would be seriously limiting for readers, as well as too much like hard work.Howard Linskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924393004568306692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622029434153478101.post-80766850324339531392013-01-29T06:27:30.160-08:002013-01-29T06:27:30.160-08:00Good stuff, Graham. English / British dialect is a...Good stuff, Graham. English / British dialect is a real trick for Americans like me. My novel features characters from America, Ireland, Scotland, England and Israel. In editing what I've tried to do is to pick one "localism" that each character uses almost exclusively. There's one who addresses women as "love" quite a bit and another who uses "innit" etc. etc. Hopefully it has the desired effect. One writer who seems to accomplish characters of different locales quite well is Ted Bell. Ian Grahamhttp://www.iangrahamthrillers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622029434153478101.post-37823208898660404872013-01-29T06:05:30.469-08:002013-01-29T06:05:30.469-08:00Just a sprinkle is enough. The reader knows where ...Just a sprinkle is enough. The reader knows where the character is from, so maybe two or three regularly used words throughout (so they become accustomed) should suffice. For a Manc' - "Innit, an' (for and), and nowt," adds flavour. But obviously, there are Mancunians, like me-good-self, who speak proper England, innit! ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17913040012695421077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622029434153478101.post-84297432113834525842013-01-29T05:17:42.817-08:002013-01-29T05:17:42.817-08:00Interesting, as ever....not sure I could cope with...Interesting, as ever....not sure I could cope with too much dialect, however "authentic" it might be....but then I'm not that good at understanding people with thick accents.Andrew Petersnoreply@blogger.com