Thursday, April 12, 2007

The many dialects of the English language

I have been giving this subject alot of thought. I wondered if on my blog I should "write it" the same way that I" hear it." For example, in the book, "The Color Purple", if memory serves me right, it was written in the same way that the characters speak. In Jonathan Kozol's books, he honors his subjects by writing exactly what he hears.

 For example, if my neighbor says to me: "I ain't got no sugar." that's exactly how I'd like to transcribe it on to my blog. Now that you know this in advance you'll know that my intent is not to be derogatory, but to be true to form. Tell it as I hear it, that's what I plan to do!

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