Kirch Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Anything you might want to read that has dialogue written in a strong, unfamiliar dialect--you might want to get it as an audio book and listen to it! We're reading The Secret Garden right now, and the strong Yorkshire dialect is KILLING me. :svengo: Somehow the way I hear it in my head just isn't coming out of my mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 :iagree: add to your audio book list Br'er Rabbit and Just So Stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyChelle Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 LOL! I hear you. We listened to this one in the van first, then read it. It was much easier to read after having heard it. One of our favorite stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeacademy Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 LOL, I'd forgotten about the dialect in Secret Garden. I muddled through, butchering it all the way. Wish I'd thought of the audio book for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) LOL! I actually recommend several of the original George McDonald books with a lot of broad Scots as nonsense words!! I can hear the words in my head much better, as well. After a bit I can get into it, but read aloud would be best. Here's a sample from my language lessons: "Robert, whatever way ye decide, I houp it may be sic a deceesion as will admit o' yer castin' yer care upo' Him." "I ken a' aboot that, Andrew. But my opeenion upo' that text is jist this--that ilka vessel has to haud the fill o' 't, and what rins owermay be committed to Him, for ye can haud it no langer. Them that winna tak tent 'll tak scathe. It's a sweer thochtless way to gang to the Almichty wi' ilka fash. Whan I'm driven to ane mair, that ane sall aye be Him. Ye min' the story about my namesake and the spidder?" "Ay, weel eneuch," answered Andrew. Edited August 30, 2010 by ElizabethB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 But muddling through unusual accents is one of my favorite parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyChelle Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 But muddling through unusual accents is one of my favorite parts! Now my husband would say :iagree:. He loves copying accents and funny voices. And the kids LOVE when he is the one reading to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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