I remember @Nalo_Hopkinson discussing dialect with us/me @ClarionWest,espc re: Midnight Robber. Walking that tightrope btw language & reader
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Replying to @KiiniIbura
@KiiniIbura@ClarionWest I sometimes tweet in Jamaican or Trinidadian English (both native to me. IOW code-switching, not appropriation).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Nalo_Hopkinson
@KiiniIbura@ClarionWest Be interesting if those of us fluent in our native vernaculars spent a week tweeting in them.#tweetingintongues4 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @Nalo_Hopkinson
@KiiniIbura 1st challenge; how feh represent verbal argots as text? Spell it like u pronounce it, or use English standard?#tweetintongues6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Nalo_Hopkinson
@Nalo_Hopkinson@KiiniIbura from white English male perspective standard English is often false anyway. We don't do RP oop north1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @KiiniIbura
@KiiniIbura@Nalo_Hopkinson I read buks, 40 miles away in Liverpool they read bewks. That's never shown in print unless making a point3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @kevmcveigh
@kevmcveigh@KiiniIbura For those words, I does use English standard (switching into Trinidadian here from Jamaican).#tweetintongues1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Nalo_Hopkinson
@Nalo_Hopkinson@KiiniIbura is there a point where a glossary is useful and is that any different to Hard SF technical jargon?2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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Replying to @rosefox
@rosefox@chaosprime clearly it's about elvish, otherwise it would be "Dishonorable QI'yaH will read a book that’s one third Elvish..."0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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