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“I don’t like this.” Zoë pouted.
“Neither do I, child, but he has to make up his own mind.” She replied, “Besides, ye must be some’in’ special if’n ye staying wid me.”
Zoë shrugged her shoulders and sat down in the vacant rocking chair. She fiddled nervously with the hem of her dress. Something special? How special could she be, if he just ran off and left her alone?
“Constant, ain’t no dummy, no sir.” She began. “We have been friends since we were children. Ain’t got an ounce of fear that boy. Yet, he do not always do what he been needin’ to. He ain’t got half the brains he normally does, when it comes to pretty young things like you.”
Zoë turned in her chair, interested.
“Neither do I, child, but he has to make up his own mind.” She replied, “Besides, ye must be some’in’ special if’n ye staying wid me.”
Zoë shrugged her shoulders and sat down in the vacant rocking chair. She fiddled nervously with the hem of her dress. Something special? How special could she be, if he just ran off and left her alone?
“Constant, ain’t no dummy, no sir.” She began. “We have been friends since we were children. Ain’t got an ounce of fear that boy. Yet, he do not always do what he been needin’ to. He ain’t got half the brains he normally does, when it comes to pretty young things like you.”
Zoë turned in her chair, interested.
When writing a story and trying to show a dialect, abbreviating words can be a good thing. Yet, when you use abbreviated words to try to speak to someone and not have it be your dialect coming through, it can be rather annoying.
Discussion- Abbreviated words in stories as dialects.
- Abbreviated words not as dialect and annoying.
