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Originally Posted by Wiglaf  I would focus on their choice of words. Then just change the spelling on the most characteristic pronounciations. For a 19th century Cockney replace the initial H's with a '. For a New Englander add or remove R's. (worsh, caw). I'm not sure about Southerners or Medieval speech, but you can still use word choice. Just don't change the spelling of every word in a sentence unless absolutely necessary. Just an occaissional "wot", "dis", -in', or -a (for -er). For a short exclamation, its different. Its easier for the reader to translate a short sentence and accents come out more when you are surprised (or drunk ). |
Hah i see, thanks a lot. I wouldn't even worry about it if the character didn't appear often. (She and They are more secondary characters if anything.) So i felt it was important to try to make sure i did things right. I didn't want to overdo it though so i decided to ask just in case. If only i could find someone that knew more about medival...Southern isn't so hard to look up....