tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1598482777681428179.post5390229322557418433..comments2023-08-08T05:02:50.109-04:00Comments on Tonja's Musings: Techniques in Appalachian Fiction: Dialect in Bloodroot by Amy GreeneTonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08652479946102909276noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1598482777681428179.post-24524929564965743382015-03-04T04:47:19.333-05:002015-03-04T04:47:19.333-05:00It's interesting to me that there's actual...It's interesting to me that there's actually a genre called Appalachian Fiction, as opposed to just regional fiction. Also, I can tell I"d like this book. Even the samples you used drew me right in.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1598482777681428179.post-71234214923642990402015-03-03T18:28:52.311-05:002015-03-03T18:28:52.311-05:00Those quotes that you shared would throw me off to...Those quotes that you shared would throw me off too. But I don't think it's necessarily bad grammar, but how the characters talk. Some people talk with bad grammar. Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1598482777681428179.post-5672275170199951052015-03-01T19:34:06.120-05:002015-03-01T19:34:06.120-05:00I was expecting much more rendering of dialect in ...I was expecting much more rendering of dialect in dialogue - not so much so far.Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652479946102909276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1598482777681428179.post-2296954949419318692015-03-01T19:26:21.380-05:002015-03-01T19:26:21.380-05:00I think dialect done the way Mark Twain did in Huc...I think dialect done the way Mark Twain did in Huckleberry Finn is hard on the reader - it's definitely hard on me as a reader. I don't remember my grandparents having bad grammar necessarily. I do remember I when I was maybe ten years old when I realized the word "suppose" wasn't really "spose." Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652479946102909276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1598482777681428179.post-65725696003222310672015-02-27T10:36:19.765-05:002015-02-27T10:36:19.765-05:00It sounds interesting. I think that if the dialect...It sounds interesting. I think that if the dialect is understandable, then it could be a good way of drawing the reader closer to the character. Tyrean Martinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356604721537744361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1598482777681428179.post-55579139105646487982015-02-27T09:35:15.156-05:002015-02-27T09:35:15.156-05:00I had a writing instructor tell our class once tha...I had a writing instructor tell our class once that we shouldn't use dialect because it would throw the reader out of the story like you described by being distracting. But I think if it's understandable like the examples you gave, it add color and depth to the character, showing something about them rather than telling.<br />My dad used to say 'I reckon' also. And he was a really smart man who grew up in the mountains.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.com