Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Dialect was my biggest fear. So, I spent a long time working with dialect coaches just trying to get American down. I think it's very important and very easy to misinterpret.
Readers in general are not fond of dialect, and I don't blame them. I've read books myself that I've had to put down because sounding out every speech gave me a headache.
Children, and sometimes those of larger growth, will not read dialect.
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality.
An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.
You can't live in a dialect without tremendous work. Like any muscle, accents and voices and languages are all formed out of the muscles that we have in our mouths and faces and tongues.
I've always had a penchant for dialects. I remember getting detention and being told, 'Have a think about where doing these funny voices might get you someday.'
I just love dialects; they're really fun.