OT--dialects ("fixin' to")

[Victoria McLure]

No: HPFGUIDX 9230

Shoot, lil' darlin', I just want them to talk so's I kin understand 
'em! Actually, they're not that bad.  Like Amanda, I am a native Texan 
and since moving to Lubbock (I teach in Levelland, which looks just 
like it sounds)from Houston 20 years ago, I have learned a new 
language.  
And no, Hagrid would not be who he is without his dialect.  I applaud 
JKR for using it well--too many authors turn characters with dialect 
into characatures.  JKR has kept Hagrid "real."  The way he talks is 
who he is, not who he pretends to be.  I hope that makes sense.  Still 
need more coffee this morning.
Victoria



--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Trina " <lj2d30 at g...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Victoria McLure" <vmclure at h...> 
> wrote:
> I teach freshman composition at a rural community college and 
believe 
> me, the dialect has not died out!  Anyone got a formula for an anti-
> dialect potion?  Perhaps an aerosal  variety??
> 
> And why would we want to do a thing like that?  Then we would all 
> sound like newscastes and the beauty of regional language would be 
> gone.  Besides, can you imagine Hagrid and Dumbledore sounding 
> *exactly* the same?  
> 
> Trina (it's a dialect not a disorder)