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Post by dans on Feb 4, 2020 0:18:00 GMT
I had Cat and Driv help me with some accents in the past - Cat wrote a lot of pirate dialogue, and Driv helped me with a Leprechaun. I struggled through a German accent based on family and Google.
What do you guys think about accents? I want to put a couple of Frenchmen and a Texan into a current story and not sure if I should make the Frenchmen sound like LeBeau and write a lot of drawls or just say "He spoke with a strong French accent"?
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Post by Dave B on Feb 4, 2020 0:52:16 GMT
Some stories I've read will say "He spoke with a strong French accent", or mix French words in the English. "Le pen is...How How say? Stronger than the sword" Or "To hell avec you!"
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Post by dans on Feb 5, 2020 1:25:16 GMT
I'm worried that if I try to pretend to give someone an accent I might offend people who actually have an accent - but don't sound anything like what I write. I'm thinking of rewriting to avoid these conversations
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Post by DocQuantum on Feb 5, 2020 6:27:32 GMT
Always be careful writing accents -- they give the impression that the person saying something with an accent, or what that person is saying with an accent, is supposed to be funny. It can be very effective if, say, you're writing 1940s criminals with a typical movie bad guy accent, since it adds a touch of humor. But ethnic accents are tricky, because it might look like you're making fun of a different culture.
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