I'm writing a book and the set is in Ireland, I don't know if I should write them speaking with Irish accents (it might be hard for some people to understand) or should I just stick to the basic english spellings?
Thanx,
clueless
S_C answered Saturday August 7 2004, 4:36 pm: well, when J.K rowling wrote the harry potter series didn't she make them have a english accent, or british or w/e
i think if it takes place in irelend, that how they should talk
if u don't think people will understand, use astricks, or on the last page, transfer words and their meanings
HurleyGurley answered Saturday August 7 2004, 3:23 pm: well since your writing a book set in ireland i definitly think you should write them speaking with irish accents, im pretty sure eveybody would understand and the book would be good since it's like in ireland and people are speaking irish, you know? well i hope so! :) xoxo [ HurleyGurley's advice column | Ask HurleyGurley A Question ]
xo_Meg_ox answered Friday August 6 2004, 11:48 pm: if i were reading it, i'd want you to write in english spellings so that i could understand it, but maybe it's not that hard ~ if you want to repost an example sentence of how you would write the accent, then maybe i could help you more... or maybe you can make the main characters in the story english and then have a few really irish characters who have accents??? sorry, i don't mean to change your story! lol good luck [ xo_Meg_ox's advice column | Ask xo_Meg_ox A Question ]
JamesBaybiGurl answered Friday August 6 2004, 11:48 pm: JUST STICK TO BASIC ENGLISH UNLESS YOU WANNA GET EXTRA CREDIT AND YOUR TEACHR IS THE TPE TO GIVE U EXTRA CREDIT FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORT THEN MAKE IT IN THE IRISH CONCEPTS OTHER WISE JUST DO ENGLISH!
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