tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695736990039545823.post3548809471545260810..comments2021-12-01T02:35:42.127-05:00Comments on William Wolfe's Den: Sunday Muse-ings. Accents.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093997168286551055noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695736990039545823.post-18577925407613287582010-04-11T23:08:50.937-04:002010-04-11T23:08:50.937-04:00V is for vernacular. And vernacular is for me.V is for vernacular. And vernacular is for me.Luna Mauvaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005931883083144043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695736990039545823.post-50356791784479637002010-04-12T11:21:26.514-04:002010-04-12T11:21:26.514-04:00Oh, Luna, so enigmatic... no side of the fence for...Oh, Luna, so enigmatic... no side of the fence for you? :-pBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093997168286551055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695736990039545823.post-6284348603239753092010-04-12T13:25:41.473-04:002010-04-12T13:25:41.473-04:00I get your reasoning but to be honest I really thi...I get your reasoning but to be honest I really think most people won't get that's what you are doing until you exlain it. If I were reading it I would probably just think you had forgotten or something.<br><br>But I also think that accents can be hinted at..like you can make sure you only do a few words as then it doesn't get too difficult to read. Like if every other word is accented it can be a bit tricky to get your head around it sometimes.Rainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695736990039545823.post-27026408275669003702010-04-12T19:29:55.311-04:002010-04-12T19:29:55.311-04:00Another vague answer. I'm guessing you were ad...Another vague answer. I'm guessing you were addressing the 'internal monologue' question? :-p<br><br>Well, at this point, I'm convinced that no matter how I do it, the first/next editor is going to tell me to do something different. So, I'm just going to follow my own rules for now, and expect to change it later. :-DBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14093997168286551055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695736990039545823.post-72756141971562714152010-04-12T19:55:06.902-04:002010-04-12T19:55:06.902-04:00Yes, I am on the side of vernacular.As your girl s...Yes, I am on the side of vernacular.<br><br>As your girl said, accent can get difficult to read if overdone. A little goes a long long way. You get the idea, instead of tripping on phonics.Luna Mauvaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005931883083144043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695736990039545823.post-37677629105927675942010-04-13T03:06:14.204-04:002010-04-13T03:06:14.204-04:00Heh that wasn't supposed to be vague, sorry!I ...Heh that wasn't supposed to be vague, sorry!<br>I am of the opinion that accents are for the most part a pain in the ass, because usually they are over the top and I find them cliched and difficult to read. However if done well and not too intense they can really add depth to the characters and the dialogue.<br>Accents are pretty hard to do I think especially when you are really making them up yourself. What one person likes another won't. My preference is for a taste of the accent throughout, and this includes internal dialogue as well as not dropping it. However I do not like to read a lot of dialogue which is heavily accented (like almost every word as in your JoeBob example) as this gets a little wearisome.<br>Also I think that an iternal dialogue would be said in your head as the same wa you speak and don;t forget no-one has an accent to themselves, only to others. So I might have a 'Wiltshire' accent to my friend Charlotte whilst she has a 'London' one, and my internal voice speaks in the same way as my usual speaking voice, but to me thats just my voice, not my accent. I don't suddenly speak the Queens English when I am not talking out loud. Follow?<br>Just my take. :-)Rainenoreply@blogger.com