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All these changes are really getting to be annoying....
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Y'all....
Yur....
Yah....
........... I have no idea how to write a southern accent...........
I know how to say it, but I'm not too sure how to write it.
If anyone can give me some examples in the comments or point me to a story that does them well, I would be much obliged.
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Hey y'all, mah farm ain't doin' so well now...
Best way to write the 'accent', is not at all. Instead write her word usage. The way she constructs sentences or uses words like 'ain't'. I typically also pepper her speech with a few of her accented idioms like 'Ah' instead of 'I', but truthfully, that's not strictly needed. Truth is we all know how AJ and the Apples speak, we don't need it re-inforced. I've seen writers go overboard on her accent and it just makes reading her dialogue a right pain in the ol' caboose. Conversely, I've also seen writers use no visual quirks and it doesn't lesson her accent while reading.
This guy can probably give you a full run down of how to properly use the country accent in terms of AJ. He is highly intelligent, yet types just like you would imagine hearing it. He would probably have no problem helping you out if you were to send him a PM and ask.
Beyond that, 'mah', any words with 'ing' clipping off the G and using ' works well. I don't personally so much more beyond that, as I can imagine the accent in my head.
EDIT - linked to one of his comments to kind of give you an example as well
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This. So much this. Every once in a while, when i'm editing AJ's lines for an author, i'll leave some of the 'Ah's and the like in, but most get changed to regular speech, so it's not overwhelming, just enough to be there and remind the reader of her accent without shoving it down his/her throat.
Howdy! How y'all doin' tuhday? Ah'm doin' just peechy.
...this cones from being born and raised in KENTUCKY. WOOOOO..
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I think I have a good Idea of how to handle it now.
Typically I find accents to be at its strongest when the individual is flustered
Here's a 1000-word example where the author went overboard with phonetic spelling:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/63377/8/the-rustic-and-the-romantic/the-best-and-the-worst
And here's one where the author dialed it back a good deal, with ain't / cain't / dang and other unique words spelled out and I / my / you left alone:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/63377/12/the-rustic-and-the-romantic/tailoring-the-conversation
The second one is much more readable. It also gives the reader the option of having AJ sound more like a Texas cowgirl than a Southern farmer, where the first link pins her as a redneck from the start.
Both stories are my own. I can never decide just how overboard to write her; lately I've been using the less-phonetic version and I like it far better.
Oh, and whatever you do, remember not to have her spell everything phonetically if she's writing! Even my most mud-bogging coon-dog backwoods friends won't write "Ah cain't git mah hat fer yah" in a letter.
The First word you got it right ..... i think...
as a southerner with my own accent i can tell you...all of these apply
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I agree with Tundara, I personally would change few of the words, but in general we know how she sounds... even if your writing isn't inundated with a southern accent, we will still in all likelihood read it with an ear for Applejack's voice ya know?
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I may type with complete grammar and spelling, but my speech is purely southern.
Who's a silly ponay? Y'all are a silly ponay, Applejack.
Eh, what's to know?
I = Ah
My = Mah
Your/You're = Yer (both cases)
You = Ya
Additonal Rules:
Double-negatives are acceptable
All -ing words become -in'
The term 'ain't' is also more acceptable in context
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