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azuireOne last kudos to elf for sweeping contest 18! And contest 19 is open for your submissions :D
In the bookstores here, they have a special section for 'Scottish Fiction', i.e. books written by Scottish writers. And sometimes, these books -- or parts of them, at least -- are in vernacular.
And occasionally you come across people attempting to read it.
Out loud.
People who are not Scottish.
This is a tremendous source of amusement for me, if you can't already tell.
Either way, the use of vernacular in these books serves a concrete purpose, though several writers tell us not to use phonetic spellings for dialogue or narration, (I think the majority of those people were mortified by how JKR wrote Hagrid's dialogue). However, I can't imagine Trainspotting without the vernacular. It would be a completely different book.
What do you think of the use of vernacular? Should it be more prevalent? When can it be used effectively? And why won'tazuire stop laughing at that Dubliner who's trying to read Glaswegian beat poetry?
elf for sweeping contest 18! And contest 19 is open for your submissions :DIn the bookstores here, they have a special section for 'Scottish Fiction', i.e. books written by Scottish writers. And sometimes, these books -- or parts of them, at least -- are in vernacular.
And occasionally you come across people attempting to read it.
Out loud.
People who are not Scottish.
This is a tremendous source of amusement for me, if you can't already tell.
Either way, the use of vernacular in these books serves a concrete purpose, though several writers tell us not to use phonetic spellings for dialogue or narration, (I think the majority of those people were mortified by how JKR wrote Hagrid's dialogue). However, I can't imagine Trainspotting without the vernacular. It would be a completely different book.
What do you think of the use of vernacular? Should it be more prevalent? When can it be used effectively? And why won't
azuire stop laughing at that Dubliner who's trying to read Glaswegian beat poetry?