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[El Kabong]

here we go then, here is a bit of convo from the book

'you hear 'bout de great sassieties de Gubment's fomentin' in dis country?'
'Yas I hear erbout em'
'I yer er member er de Union League?'
Na-sah. I'd rudder steal by myself. I doan' lak too many in de party!'
En yer aint er No'f Ca'liny gemmen, is yer- yer ain't er member er de 'Red Strings?'
Na-sah I come when I'se called- dey doan' hatter put er string on me- ner er block. ner er collar, ner er chain, ner er muzzle'

that is honest word for word how it is wrote, page 102

Did you hear about the great societies the government is fomenting in this country?
Yes, I have heard all about them.
Are you a member of the Union League?
No Sir, I would rather stay by myself. I do not like too many in the party.
are you or aren't you a North Carolina gentleman, are you or aren't you a member of the 'Red Strings'?
No Sir, I come when I am called. They don't have to put a string on me, nor a block, nor a collar, nor chain, nor a muzzle.


Translated as best I can



From 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can’t she find no dress to put on? – Where’s dat blue satin dress she left here in? – Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her? – What dat ole forty year ole ‘oman doin’ wid her hair swingin’ down her back lak some young gal? – Where she left dat young lad of a boy she went off here wid? – Thought she was going to marry? – Where he left her? – What he done wid all her money? – Betcha he off wid some gal so young she ain’t even got no hairs – Why she don’t stay in her class? – "

Just hurts my brain to read like that....can't understand how people write like that. I'm from the South so naturally everything I read comes into my brain with a twang, no need to funk the words all up unless someone is talking and even then as an author you can put in things like "They said, in their thick Southern accent"