Dialects and Accents in HP

[manu86]

Dialect is a tricky thing in fanfiction, and it is not rare to come accross those who shy away from writing specific characters because of the way they speak*. Sometimes, when they do try to write said characters, they mess their speech patterns up so horribly that one (i.e., me) cannot read their stories without getting an involutary twitch in one

Comments

[delcj]

*glomps onto your guide and huggles it tight*

thank you, Manu! i especially enjoyed Grammar's Finest Points According to Stan. this post is going right to my memories for sure.

[manu86]

You're welcome, darling. :)

[wm_law2003]

Good lord. Very informative, but you have waaaay too much time on your hands. LOL

[manu86]

It's called "procrastination". >.< Oh, the things we do when we should be studying.

[wm_law2003]

Aaaah. I understand muchly. I used to clean like a maniac.

[angua9]

Wow! This is not only hilarious, but spectacularly useful, too. We should put it up on the Quill.

P.S. You forgot Mundungus. ;)

[taintedrocky]

Yes, this should definitely be in SQ's Gringotts! Great job :)

[manu86]

Gasp! Mundungus! See, this is what happens when you don't read OotP for over a year and, in fact, only read it throughly once. Can you believe I'm still wary of rereading it?

Yeah, maybe it should go to the 'Quill. The point of it is to help as many writers as possible, after all.

[dtissagirl]

My dear darling Manu,

I love you.

I also shall pimp this post because everyone needs to read it.

PS: I miss you! :)

[manu86]

I miss you tooooo!

[incarnatus]

Awesome. This has definitely found a new home in my memories. It was linked from someone else's journal and I thought I should check it out. I'm currently writing this really long fic and it's just getting to the parts where characters will have different accents, so this is a huge help :)

[manu86]

I'm glad to be of service. :)