Journal 3: Dialect Journal

Dialect Guide

1. Pronunciations 

• If a word ends in "er" change to "ah". Ex: He's ah deceivah. 
• Remove all a's if they are the first letter in the word, with the exception of words with 4 letters or under. I'll tell you 'bout myself.
• "Th" as a preposition is replaced with the letter d. Dose people all up in my face.
• The suffix -ing is replaced with the letter "n". How you doin?
• A, when used as an indefinite article, becomes an "ah". My my thats ah cool shirt.
• Don't, cant, want, etc. have the "t" eliminated. I wan to do it. 

     2.  Grammar

• Incorrect use of indefinite articles. He's a envious man. 
• Incorrect use of plural vs. singular verbs. One of the most famous country singers there are.
• Words placed out of order. Dat was de biggest thing seen Ah evah.

     3.  Vocabulary/Phrases (word/phrase - definition)

• Solid - Respectable.
• Mass - A series of concerns.
• Bring it home - Finish what you started.

Conversation

"We don't think you can do it." he said with a grin, exposing his pearly white teeth. "What makes you think you are capable of what is to come?" Alfonso smiled in return, his mustache cascading down his jaw like a waterfall. "Ah can do it. Ah know dat. If dey don think so, Ah'll make dem believahs." Willie Smith had heard it all before. He inhaled the thick smoke protruding from his cigar and pondered what Alfonso was saying. Maybe he could after all. "I want you to draw me a cube with seven sides, with all individual squares having four 90 degree angles." Willie smiled, convinced this challenge would be far to great for Alfonso to solve. "Mass dat have," replied a puzzled Alfonso. "But ah got Ah enormous brain, Ah got dis." Alfonso spent a minute rigorously scribbling on a golden slate, then reveled his work to Willie. Willie was shocked. "Solid. You've impressed me Alfonso. You're in." Alfonso paused before speaking. "Ah don wan to be in." Willie spit in his face. "So you're giving up? After all this time? Bring it home now Alfonso." Alfonso was boiling. "Ah didn do dis for you. Ah did dis for ah good." Willie was genuinely puzzled for the first time in years. "Then why are you here?" questioned Willie. The patience of Alfonso was now at its breaking point. "Don you get it? Ah am not here for you. Ah here for me." Willie finally understood. "If that is what you feel Alfonso, I will let you go." Alfonso smiled. "You ah solid man Will. Ah gon miss you." Willie extinguished his cigar and showed Alfonso the door. "Bye Alfonso," he said with a mixed expression on his face." Alfonso walked out the door. "Bye Willie."