Just say no to dialect, y'all

[Kathryn Lilley]

I'm visiting my family in North Carolina this week, and was pleased to run across an article in a local paper that described the enduring value of regional dialects. Read rest of post.

[Kathryn Lilley]

Onerstan' eet or read eet, Tom! Thanks for the comment!

[Tom Cooke]

The article was dead on. I write about South Texas and I try to capture the multiple accents from that region with rhythm and dialogue. If I tried to wrat tha way they tauked no bidy wud be able to onerstan' eet. Okay, that was a bad example, but you get the picture.
T.