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peoriapeoriawhereart ([personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart) wrote in [personal profile] noracharles 2010-03-05 02:56 pm (UTC)

Well, you've seen how my English has peculiarities despite being in an English-speaking environment. But I do have a sense of where Ray would balk at Saying even though he Understands. It might not be quite right, since I'm from lower in the state, and the white ethnics of my childhood were different.

But, writers do write dialog, so you read a lot of the ones that Get it Well. And, there is American-pickers. ;) I will admit I read mostly out of time-period. Science-fiction is good that way, so that if characters have self-consistent Voice, whether it's pitch-perfect Jersey-shore is immaterial. (I use this to retcon Scotty's brogue. Since there are more opinions than there are Scotsmen, why shouldn't there be accents changing over time?)

As to writing in Danish, well, until someone writes It, no one can read a better example. Once upon a time, English was much rougher. Then Shakespeare and his contemporaries infused it and History did patently ridiculous things. Though,I really should locate some good examples of World English literature. There are plenty of native speakers of Englishes way different from my own.

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