Good morning all,
I'm curious as to your thoughts about using the vernacular in dialogue. In my book, I have a Marine with a deep southern accent, a New Yorker, a black New Yorker, and a black southerner to name a few. I'm familiar with how each speaks from living in those places so I change the language. For example, the black New Yorker says, "Aiight" instead of "okay." The New York pizza shop owner officer says "you's guys". The black southerner says, "Ain't nobody talk to me that way." This, by the way, is similar to how the white southerners talk, except for the Marine who attended Columbia and whose father is a surgeon.
Do you see any problems with using the vernacular?
I'm curious as to your thoughts about using the vernacular in dialogue. In my book, I have a Marine with a deep southern accent, a New Yorker, a black New Yorker, and a black southerner to name a few. I'm familiar with how each speaks from living in those places so I change the language. For example, the black New Yorker says, "Aiight" instead of "okay." The New York pizza shop owner officer says "you's guys". The black southerner says, "Ain't nobody talk to me that way." This, by the way, is similar to how the white southerners talk, except for the Marine who attended Columbia and whose father is a surgeon.
Do you see any problems with using the vernacular?