09-14-2013, 08:24 PM
TK,
"It's a goddam pome, for chrissakes. Ah ain't no Dick van Dyke. Now that dude could speke up cockney like spekin in tongues!
Yes...I know...I am inadequate to the task! I figure if nothing else this is laughable...and that's enough for me. More vernacular would only show me up as a dang dilettante.
You want to rewrite it in American? Be my guest. I just liked the bizarre conversion!
Best,
tectak"
Nah, I'm no Mark Twain when it comes to dialect (plus writing it so when you read it aloud it sounds correct is too damn much trouble). However, as the area you seem to be aiming for is around where I live, I felt beholden to let you know that it rang a bit false in my tin ear.
Despite the negative feedback you have received from others, the story rang true for this part of the country. Not to be condescending to my fellow south/southwesters, but there seems to be a built in knee jerk tendency to assign anything remotely out of the ordinary to either aliens, or the will of God, quite often leading to a Saul of Tarsus "conversion experience", in the case of the latter. In fact, outside of the larger cities, I would wager that such experience represent a good 50% of the church role, at least that seemed to be the case when my parents were spiritually abusing me, by forcing me to partake in Southern Baptist indoctrination 3 or more times a week (never did get to see the "Wizard of Oz", as it was always shown on Sunday night). Personally, this one seems fairly tame compared to some I've heard.
Besties,
Dale
"It's a goddam pome, for chrissakes. Ah ain't no Dick van Dyke. Now that dude could speke up cockney like spekin in tongues!
Yes...I know...I am inadequate to the task! I figure if nothing else this is laughable...and that's enough for me. More vernacular would only show me up as a dang dilettante.
You want to rewrite it in American? Be my guest. I just liked the bizarre conversion!
Best,
tectak"
Nah, I'm no Mark Twain when it comes to dialect (plus writing it so when you read it aloud it sounds correct is too damn much trouble). However, as the area you seem to be aiming for is around where I live, I felt beholden to let you know that it rang a bit false in my tin ear.
Despite the negative feedback you have received from others, the story rang true for this part of the country. Not to be condescending to my fellow south/southwesters, but there seems to be a built in knee jerk tendency to assign anything remotely out of the ordinary to either aliens, or the will of God, quite often leading to a Saul of Tarsus "conversion experience", in the case of the latter. In fact, outside of the larger cities, I would wager that such experience represent a good 50% of the church role, at least that seemed to be the case when my parents were spiritually abusing me, by forcing me to partake in Southern Baptist indoctrination 3 or more times a week (never did get to see the "Wizard of Oz", as it was always shown on Sunday night). Personally, this one seems fairly tame compared to some I've heard.
Besties,
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.