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Hi all!
The story I'm working on right now has several main and minor Italian characters. The ones who speak English have a range of accent weights I guess you could say. One of the main characters has a particularly heavy Italian accent when he speaks English. How should I depict that? I've looked up websites that talk about the nuances of Italian accents, but it's quite hard for me to put them into practice as I don't have any Italian friends and don't hear the accent often.
Also, since the story is a serious, dark one, I don't one him to sound silly adding "-a" at the end of most of his words. His accent is part of his characterization in some respects, but part of me is getting a little frustrated with it. Should I try to depict it or just imply that it's there?
The story I'm working on right now has several main and minor Italian characters. The ones who speak English have a range of accent weights I guess you could say. One of the main characters has a particularly heavy Italian accent when he speaks English. How should I depict that? I've looked up websites that talk about the nuances of Italian accents, but it's quite hard for me to put them into practice as I don't have any Italian friends and don't hear the accent often.
Also, since the story is a serious, dark one, I don't one him to sound silly adding "-a" at the end of most of his words. His accent is part of his characterization in some respects, but part of me is getting a little frustrated with it. Should I try to depict it or just imply that it's there?