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RE: The fisherman - Original Short Story
I am always quite amazed that the patter from Ireland is always very similar to the patter in Scotland. It entertains me no end.
yeah man. I love taking up the challenge of writing in dialect. One of my fav writers is Irvine Welsh and I remember reading Glue back in the day and training myself to read it in a Glaswegian accent so that it started to flow naturally. It only took about a chapter for me to go full schemie :)
I wrote a story in past in London slang which turned out pretty good. Maybe I should do one in scouse next... but I don't think anyone would understand it lol
I actually love that myself!! I suspect if you have an accent your can do other accents well. Or that's my theory at least!
I think you're right.
I read all of the dialogue parts of this short story out to myself in an Irish accent as part of the editing process for this story to check that it flowed.
It's something I learned to do with poetry, but it works just as well for dialogue. Also, it's kinda fun to just go mental in your living room speaking like the Hardy Boyes.