- Create a dialect of your choosing and list seven of the rules for that dialect. Remember that dialect rules can include grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. This website is an interesting source for English dialect ideas and details. When you have created your dialect you will pick one page from Their Eyes Were Watching God that contains both narration and dialogue and mimic that page's style as authentically as possibly.
Dialect Rules:
- "-ow" ending words now end with "-owz"
- All "-y" ending words, except when next to a vowel, now end with "-ie"
- "-ing" changed to "-eng"
- "Yes" to "Yep"
- "-oo-" words loses the last letter and replaced with a " ' "
- "a" to "ae"
Passage
He had almost everything going for him. Money, style, and a goal. He told me he had hit more than one obstacle in his life. After a few more drinks, he continued telling me about his old job. The company boss was strict and had it out for him since the start. Everything he did, he did with excellent showmanship and effort, but his boss would degrade his work. Even with all his efforts, most fell down the drain. So he left, with a goal of finding the place he hear of that was look for his skills. "So hows it goeng for you?"
"Unemployed, lost ae job to ae fire. Been unemployed for days."
" Ae fire? Nows hows that to stop you from getteng ae new one? You loo' like you got ae head on thoughs shoulders."
"No one is hireng out here. Barilie makeng it through odds and ends around town."
They sat in silents for a little bit, drinking a few more times before He replied, "Hows you come with me?"
"Is there ae position open?"
"It is just starteng up, and they are loo'eng for people. You should come."
"Yep, I think I will join you. When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow."
He had almost everything going for him. Money, style, and a goal. He told me he had hit more than one obstacle in his life. After a few more drinks, he continued telling me about his old job. The company boss was strict and had it out for him since the start. Everything he did, he did with excellent showmanship and effort, but his boss would degrade his work. Even with all his efforts, most fell down the drain. So he left, with a goal of finding the place he hear of that was look for his skills. "So hows it goeng for you?"
"Unemployed, lost ae job to ae fire. Been unemployed for days."
" Ae fire? Nows hows that to stop you from getteng ae new one? You loo' like you got ae head on thoughs shoulders."
"No one is hireng out here. Barilie makeng it through odds and ends around town."
They sat in silents for a little bit, drinking a few more times before He replied, "Hows you come with me?"
"Is there ae position open?"
"It is just starteng up, and they are loo'eng for people. You should come."
"Yep, I think I will join you. When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow."
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