Monday, June 2, 2014

Dialect

"Monstah" or "Monster"?  "Old Man" or "Father"?  What is the difference?  What can you tell about a character based on their dialect?


Type in the paragraph of dialect you wrote for homework.  Click "comment" below, type your paragraph, sign your name after your writing, click anonymous, and publish your comment.

52 comments:

Anonymous said...

"You little whippersnappers are the highlight of my days as an oldster. I just mope 'round all day waitin' for you to 'rive. I spend hours lookin' out for ya, but I guessed it's just in my good nature to be your May-maw."
The pipsqueaks giggle as Mrs. Mayweather continues.
"None you lads come 'round as often as I'd like, but I guessed what I have ought to do me good in my days."
Grubby hands reach for the plate of cookies as Mrs. Mayweather screeches," Go ahead! Take em'! I ain't got much use for them nowadays since all the children of my own have lives without their mum."
The kids ate their cookies hastily.
"Now, 'urry up and chew. We've got a long day 'head of us!"
-Leah Sowerbutts

Anonymous said...

"Thuzie... Thuzie!" Shouted six year old Jane.
"Whaaaaat?" Responded Susie, who had been listening to Jane yap and yell all day.
"Gueth what!!"
"Whaaaaat?" Said Susie for the second time, even more annoyed then previously.
Jane started, "Well, I wath outthide..."
"And.....?"
"And... Oh yeth! I thaw a thquirrel!"
Susie rolled her eyes and replyed, "Yes Jane. Squirrels do live outside, and we do live in North America."
"Well," said Jane.
"Well what,"
"Well... yeth! The thquirrel wath collecting nutth!"

-Alizah Raboin

Anonymous said...

" Mahk. Where did you pahk the cah?"
"Out nea the gahbidge can."
"And the keys?"
"Down the cella."
"No suh! I thought I left them in the bedroom."
"Nope, geogiee, you left them in the cella!"
" I sweah I didn't!"
" just go get them!"
"But the monstahs ah down theya."
"Theya ahn't such thing"

-Caitlin..

Anonymous said...

Yo, I was out just chillin' wit my homies, when my bro Lil' Mikey gave me a ring. I picked up the phone, like "Yo, wazzup home-dog!"
Lil' Mikey was like, "Hey, dude, the fuzz are on ma' tail fo' sumthin I din'n do. Can ya get me sum backup?"
"Bro, I'm hoppin in my ca' now."

Anonymous said...


Lots ah people think that biscuits ah very boring, but I will have you know thaat biscuits taste verry delicious. It's a bit crumby here and theyr, but oll and oll, they taste quite amaazing. So don't hyate da biscuits, because the biscuits don't hyate yuu.

-Brendan Daly

(Some words are spelled wrong for a reason).

Anonymous said...

"Cafwin! Owivia's gowing to kill me! She said so hewsewf! Hewlp me pweeeeeese!"
"Aidan, you're kidding me. I'm trying to do my homework. She'd better really be trying to kill you."
"Owkay, I was pwaying wif that bawll you gave me and I may have accideniwy hit hewr in the face and weft a big wed spowt. She twied to chase me and but I was wicked too fast and hewr stubby widdle wegs couldn't go as fast as me, so I wost hewr at the cawr wewre mom was bwinging gwocewries inside. She towld me she would kill me."
"Okay, just calm down…What is that smell, is that you?"
"Oh yeah, I stepped on a tuwrd on my way in hewre."
"Uh! Get out! That's nasty!"

Anonymous said...

"Woger, Woger, can we play piwates, or wobbers?" asked, Jamie.
"I don't want to play those silly baby games, I would rather climb that tree." Replied Roger.
"Oh Woger, please! I'm only thwee, too little to climb that big twee."
"I'm sorry, but I like climbing trees better."
"I weally do want to climb that twee, I was just testing you."
-Emily Whitcomb

Anonymous said...

I threw on some shorts and a singlet to keep myself from dying in this summer heat. I walk into the kitchen to see my mum and the ankle biter I call my brother. They're eating potato gems and chicken nuggets, a common food in this household. My brother acting like a fruit loop playing with the dinosaur shaped food.
I'm just gonna stick with my vegemite on toast.

-Macie Carignan

Anonymous said...

"Ma, get in the cah, we have to go to the sox game!"
"In a sec Chahlie!"
We stopped at Cumbaland Fahms for their wicked good iced coffee. We hopped on 93, the traffic was bumpa-to-bumpa, my parents were ready to kill one anotha. When we got to the pahk, all my dad did was complain about the wicked high prices. We got a couple of dogs and my parents each got a beeah. All in all, it was a good night, the sox won, seven to fou-ah.

~Chantelle Gonsalves

Anonymous said...

“Y’all come in for dinner”, I heard my Ma call out to my brotha’s and sista’s.

“Now can ya set the table?”

“Sha thing Ma”, I say.

“What we haven for supper?”, my older brotha asked.

“We’ll y’all gonna have barbecue, with some mashed taters, corn, and well? How bout watamellon?”

“Yes'm”, we all yell.

~Cameryn LeShane

Anonymous said...

"Hey Ma, whatcha doin'?"
"Just watchin' some flicks, dear."
"Well, der we got any crisps? I'm starved."
"That cake-hole o' yours never gits enough, does it?"
"Ah, Ma, why der you always looked gobsmacked, yer' know me loves me crisps."
"Yes, yes dear. Well git along, an' don't yer dare ter sneak them sweets away, yer'll git shook!"
"Ma, yer always on me arse bout them sweets, when yer should know crisps are better!"
-Bailey Klingaman

Anonymous said...

"Sistah can we pweeze pway outside?"
"No, Suzie It is too cold outside."
"Pweeeeeeeeeeeeze!!!!
"No!"
"But I want too!!"
"I said no!"
"You are nawt fun!"
"I know."
"You should."
-Rebecca Deslauriers

Anonymous said...

OMG, like lets totally, like go to the mall today. Like I saw these totes-magotes adorbs shoes on sale and I like totally have to get them! #newshoes #mustget #<3the mall - Shannon <3

Anonymous said...

''LOOK! Itsa Two Ton Billeh! And hes a'coming right for us. We'd a better run for dah hills!''


-Mike Clark

Anonymous said...

“O-M-G! Jenny we should like totally go to the mall today!” Ashley shouted.
“I need new shoes, and a new purse for my lil’ poodle Barbie. Oh my god then we can go to statbuckkssss!” She exclaimed.
I’ll get my usual, Café Espresso Frappuccino, and you can get your Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino! It will be so perf and we can like take selfies and pictures of our drinks and like post them on instagram!”
“Yaaaasss! We’ll totally get like hundreds of likes obviously.” Jenny replied.

-Devin Tormey

Anonymous said...

get you face out of the dra and go pak the ca in the back yad

Anonymous said...

Bob (with swag) walked to his friends house in slow motion. As he arrived at the door, he knocked. A few moments later a bloke with a flat brim hat on appeared at the door,
"Sup Brah."
Bob said. Then the other kid responded,
"Nufhin Breh how 'bout you"
And this went on for...... about 30 minutes until they (with "swagger") walked the other way down the street, looking for more of their "Brahs and Brehs" And they lived happily (with swag) ever after. Until the next day, when Bob spilt his ice cream at the fair (with swag)
-Alex Archambeault

Anonymous said...

I got on the plane and was about to sit in my seat when there were these 2 guys sitting in the row I was sitting in. "Excuse me I think I have the window seat," I said.
"You might wanna daable check dat my friend," said one of them. He put down his book and I realized they were Bears fans.
"We knaw who y'ar," said the other.
"Ya I'm Aaron Rodgers-"
"Nah that's not it. Your dat State Farm guy," said the 1st. "Ya you saved us big wid dat State Farm new Discount Daable Check. And danks to you we were able to upgrade to da grill class." They pulled up their trays and they turned into grills.
I went to take a nap when I woke to a dream where I lived in Chicago and spoke like a guy that lived in Chicago. I found one of the guys chewing on my jacket. The other was still awake and said, "Don't wake'em up from his dream." Who knows what that dream was but I was glad to get out of there alive.

Anonymous said...

"Hey Jahn, bring meh a pop right quick!"
"What's the rush fer?" John asked.
"I gots to go mow the hayfield or mama will hev meh neck!" Beau said already wiping sweat away from his forehead after only painting the shutters of the house.
"Well, aright, heyeah's a nice iced cold one fer yah." John responded while sliding the "pop" down the table. Soon the two boys heard a feminine voice hurdle into their ears, "Beau?! Why ain't you in the field mowin' the hay?!" Beau recoiled in a response and slowley stuttered out, "Well, yeh see Mama, I-I was goin' ta have a pop wh-"
"WHELL quit youah dilly-dallyin' right quick and get'er on out there!" She said as cross as her arms were, making the wooden spoon highly visible.
~Shelby Guinard

Anonymous said...

"Where did you pahk the cah," said Bobby.
"I don't know" said Auntie
"Ahntie you can't forget where you pahked the cah. That's wicked bad."
"Sahhwie Bobby, but when your in Boston you fahget where ya cah is pahked" exclaimed Auntie.
-Rachel Drasser

Anonymous said...

"Howdy y'all. I'm Steven an I'm frum Taxas. We have temprtures up't 100 degrees sometimes. The worst part of the weather is runnin. It aint fun to run in this hot temprture. We gots to drink lots o water."
Declan FitzPatrick

Anonymous said...

Hey sonny can you reach the clicker?
Grandma, its call a TV remote!
Stop being a hooligan, and just get me the clicker.

What you got there sonny?
Grandma, its called a phone and we don't call any more we text!
You youngster's always on those thingimabobers, always on them! I don't even know how to work the Television!


WHERE ARE MY DARN SPECTACLES!
There on your head, Grandma!
Oh, they always get away from me, they're just tiny never see them.

Johnny, why are you wearing shorts in middle of the winter. You should be wearin' dungeree's!
What are dungeree's, Grandma?
Well, back my day, we used to wear dungerees instead of what you call.... oh yeah...those jean thingys.

-Jillian

Anonymous said...

“Yo mayn, whaths happinin?” Addressed Smooth Timothy.
“Aw ya know, notin’ much; I’m just layn’ here tryin’ ta cool off from da sun. How ‘bout yu?” Replied Hill Billy Billy.
“Imma have a yaad thale, dayeres gonna be lotths a thirts and pantths too. You thsould come mayn!”
“Aw, ya can cayount on dat!”

~Caleb Rawlinson

Anonymous said...

I nyever seeyad shee STOLE my wallyet. Ayend I nyever seeyad shee stole my SYOCKS. So. Thyat's my reeson for nyot comyingg over. Byee.

The Hyacker Dialect

-Amy Johnson

Anonymous said...

“Howdy, yall,” said the tall scary guy that was the ranch owner. He always gave us orders and made us talk like him too, “lookie heere,” he said pointing to a read dot that sat in the middle of the map, “righ’ heere marks tda spot of buried treasure.” We all looked at the map in awe then ran to the stables and bridled are horses the head up the mountain.

Anonymous said...


(This might be bad.)

"Whoa , look dare a monstah"! a little boy spoke up from the gang of boys. Pointing towards a dark figure in a corner.

"Nah, dat ain't no monstah , dats me old man." a shabby little boy hollered out loud.

The person finally spoke, "Listen ya litta hobknocka , I ain't no 'old man' to you , just Sir. Ya 'ere. The father hollered to the group of boys.

Tim , Sammy, Jimbob , and Curtis exchanged looks and a smirk plastered on each of there faces.

Without any thinking, the boys bolted away from the towns drunkard scampering towards the open field meadow.

Behind them they could hear Tim's father yell
"Come back 'ere and face me lke a mun , litta Tin Tin."

and just before the meadow met the forest , all four of the boys turned and yelled,
"Good ridden ye old 'art!"

They then emerged into the forest camouflaging into the brush of nature. They were gone , like they were swept off the earth, and out of existence.

-Sydney Morse 213

Anonymous said...

Hay! Mah name’z Hannuh. My pop ownz a big-ol’ ranch, bouts 50 acres! We got bouts 40 sumthin’ pets, but mah fave’z mah powny, Tuquilah. Mah faverit thang to do iz rahd mah ATV 'round. I also luv huntin en fissin. I'z shot a couple o' deers, too!

-Elizabeth

Anonymous said...

"I'll meet y'all lata and we can go get sum pitza." I told my friends as we entered the hause.
"Did you take out tha garbage in put it eeyun the can today without me havin to ask yew?"
"Yas ma'am I diyd."
"Good gurl Sammy." My momma patted me on the head as i went inta my room.
It was a proud day for mah momma and me.

-Sarah A.

Anonymous said...

" Lemme tell ya Gerald da city is not da place for you ah kay sonny boy." Said Grandpa Joe
" Really why." said Gerald.
" well for starters it ain't safe wit all da killahs goin round like dey own da place. Da reality of it is dat da city isn't ah kay for ah youngster like you ah kay. Leave me presence."
" Ah kay pa."

By: Cole Johnson

Anonymous said...

"HERRO, FERROW CHAI-KNEE MAN!" the stupid teen called after the Asian man with his back turned.
"WAHT YUU SAAY TEW MEEH? WAHT YUU CARR MEEH? WAI YUU LAPPING? STAHP LAPPING! SUMMTING FUNNEH? YUU CANNOT UNDASTAAND MAI INGERISH? TEW IMPOSSUBURU? YUU HAB SUMMTING TO TERR MEEH? "
The Asian man continues in his native tongue. It may have sounded like the following.
"SHOO HUAI LEE CH'WHAI CHI LOO CHOOHUNG WOAHW LEIH T'UNG BOW EHY, GU'IY P'SHUNG WAAIU LUE HUEY WHAI YE SHI WHO'WAH HIYNH D'OH JAI LY PHOW DAYUHR HUEAI YEUH."
After regaining his reserved composure, he continued in an English monotone.
" EGGXAKARRY. YUU NO CAYUR WAHT YUU SAAY. WE NO DISCRIMINAATIN AGAINST AH NOBUDDY. PEEPUUL ASSOOO STOOPID. I ONRY TERR DEH TROOPH. YUU RACK DISCAPRIN. PREESE STOP. TANK YUU. PREESE LEAB ME ARONE. WAHT WAY YUU GO? GEWD, I GO DISS WAAY. OKAY YUU GO DAT WAAY. I GOING DEE AHDER WAAY. DEY KNOW DUHH COMPREETE OPPOSITE WAAY DAT YUU GO. I GO DISS WAAY, DEW YOU KNOW. "
The Asian man then turns to his wife and remarks,
" I wassa on fiyurr dere."

- Jill Le

Anonymous said...

"Emma, come help me get the table ready for supper. We are having some nice hot dishes tonight. And your ant Margie is coming over too, so go get out of your tennis shoes and put your hair up with a hair binder."
"Can I have pop with my dinner?"
"Not tonight."
"Well, what's for dessert?"
"Oo, I made some peecahn pie with carmle sirup!"
"Oo, that sounds delicious! Hey, look at this picture I colored with crayahns at school today."
"Oh, for cute Emma!"
"Yes, but I almost got water from the water fountain on it when I went to get a drink."

-Kaylyn

Anonymous said...

"When kid come in my houe wih' shoe, I say, 'Take-off-yo-shoe.' When kid come in houe wih' pot o' rice and wearing shoe, I say, 'Gimme der rice and geh ou o' my houe.' Den I say, 'Lee my cun-ter-ry.' "
~Daranie Pin

Anonymous said...

"How'dy Partner!" called out the cowboy.
"Hay don't toak like thaat, we aint in Texas anymore." Said the Cousin of the Cowboy who lives in Boston.
"I miss the Roadyo, alot tho." Said the cowboy in response.
"Well stoap it, we aa in Bahston!" Shouted the cousin.
"what do ya'll do in Boston?" Said the Cowboy.
"We go to the Bahston haba, we go look at the Green Monstah and all that good stuff."

- Cooper Mathews

Anonymous said...

"Aye brah!" Louie called to Tyrone
" 'Sup. Whats shakin?" Tyrone answered.
" Brah It's mad fake! Some noob stole my soda!"
Tyrone agreed. " Aye I feels yah brah thats mad necking." Louie paused and slapped the back of his neck twice. "Thats outta be ODing if its keeps up.

Yes Real people talk like this this conversation is from of my brothers basketball freinds.

Anonymous said...

“Howdy, yall,” said the tall scary guy that was the ranch owner. He always gave us orders and made us talk like him too, “lookie heere,” he said pointing to a read dot that sat in the middle of the map, “righ’ heere marks tda spot of buried treasure.” We all looked at the map in awe then ran to the stables and bridled are horses the head up the mountain.

-Victoria Bowen

Anonymous said...

The brit'ish dia'ect
"Ello Jim" said Bobby
"Good day to ye Bo'b"
"Mighty pleasant wea'ther today eyyy"
"You got that right it' just dandy"
"Since the wea'ther is so grand this nice sun'ay af'er noon"
"By jee that sound jolly good"

Thomas Brochu

Anonymous said...

"Ready to shread the nar brah"
"You know it man!"
"Bogus the lifts closed!"
"Agh yer harkin' mah narsh brah!"


Dedicated to Alex A.

By Ethan Whipple

Anonymous said...

Ain't ya'll gunna be tell in' me how to live me life. 'N' that's not it, stop ya'll's blubberin'!

Anonymous said...

I wish my mom was not leave me with my Aunt Philis. She is always saying pahk the ca in the haved yad sa. Can't they just say it the English way.
-Meghan Conroy

Anonymous said...

"G'day mutter!" Said Jack as he was skippin happily downstairs,"WHat be for brekkie this lovely morn?".
"Why Jack, I know ya hate me old cookin,so what is up with ya today?"said Jacks mutter Sally.
"Why today is de day!"
"For what'd "
"Why don't ya remember mutter? Today is the roo show were you compete who has the best roo in town. 'N' this time we have a rugrat so we are sure goin to win!"
"Why honey, I don't want to put a damper on ya spirit! But the roo show is September 11th."
"Yes, 'n' that's today!"
" No today is Friday September 4th I rekiin!"
" now you gotta be kidden, we'll I'm gonna go to bed holler when it's Friday. Come along my great roo friend!"

- Morgan Burns

Anonymous said...

Good day mate. I am Benson and I live in Australia. It is a nice day out and I see a Joey. I like to go out to the beach and the out back to go eat some food. I live all by my self. See you in Australia soon mate.
- Zack Welton

Anonymous said...

Yarg! My fellow pirates! We must've hunt them pirate robbin bears. They took our goold! We must gain it's back from them nastay paws! Er we gettin it back or we sitten drinking hour mangoes! Let's be chargin in them oceans huntin them down, Mah mateys!

Christian G.

Anonymous said...

"Walk the plank ye scurvy scaly wag!"
"But I haven't done anything to harm you."
" Aye, but yee were the captain of that there ship and I can't have you landlubber walkin aroun an blabbing ter peple an tellin em oo who took yer ship. Now, down to watery depths with yee!"
"Wait!"
"Aye? What is't ye want nowr?"
"Is that the navy?"
"Eh? Where?
And the captive dashed off to hide.
"After that trickster mates!"
-Ethan Tuttle

Anonymous said...

"Yo homie what up!" Said Justin
"Nothing dawg just trying to stay .out of the big house you know wha' I mean." Said Damitric
"Yeah dawg tell the fam I said what up." Said Justin
"Will do homie and remember try to stay lout of the slammer!" Said Damitric
"Fo' sizzle" said Justin
"What ever homie" said Damitric.
"Weeee Wooooo Weeeee Wooooo"
"Yo dawg I gotta go Man I don' wanna get caught by the the cops" said Justin
"All righ' see ya man" said Damitric
And off went Justin.

Anonymous said...

" Lily! Vere you t'ink you goin'! , yelled my mother at the bottom of the staircase.
" I'm going to the movies?" I say questioning her mood.

" Lily, vhy you always go to movie vit friend. Vhy you neva EVA help me! Dis is vhy you don't get married! You go to carr, den you come home vit friend. You t'ink me and yo fada like dis. You vill stay home and do you homeverk!", now the beast in my mother was beginning to show itself.

" Okay, but I don't have homework. I'm out of school.", clearly trying to grasps every droplet of patience in me.

" You vill have homeverk afta I beat you. Little girl like you, no go school, only parrty. Go to your room! My mom said with irritation.
I retreat to my room and start mimicking her as I pull out my 'homework'.

--- Latifah Ouro-Sama

Anonymous said...

"Where is me doubloons you stuborn scaly wag!?"
"Arggg I don't have a clue where ye doubloons is!"
"Well ye better find it before I toss ye over bored!"
"Alright captain, I'll try me hardest to find ye hard earned doubloons captain."

~ Connor V

Anonymous said...

(A man on vacation from Boston comes into a diner in Texas.)
Waitress: Hiya sir what'll ya have.
Man: I'll have a soda pop.
Waitress: A what?
Man: A soda pop.
Waitress: Hey, do me a favor? Say car.
Man: "Caw"
Waitress: Now say park.
Man: "Pak".
Waitress: Now say park the car in Harvard yard.
Man:"Pak" the "caw" in "Hawvud" "yawd".
Waitress: Your not from around here are you?
Man: Nope I'm from Boston.
Waitress: That explains a lot.
- Leo DeMacedo

Anonymous said...

"Whare is meh soda, Joilyn? It was juss ther," my cousin asked my sister.
"It wuz moved to da kitshen wif da othas," she replied.
"Is not ther. Can't find it anywher," was all that she said before she opened another tonic.

~Meighan McCarthy

Anonymous said...

Yo wut up homies, y'all wanna rob da bank round da corna? Day gotz a lot of doe in da place. Fill our pocketz for sure.

Anonymous said...

Hi, my shname itth Sthammy Sahprinkler. People Scall that sbecause i stend to spray it not say it. I solve smy sfriend sbecause she helps me not set sbullied.

Matthew Thurston

Anonymous said...

"Hey, yall headin down to that there ro-da-o over in that city over yonder?"
"Well I reckon so, there 'aint a mountin er a valley in this big ol state of ours that could keep me from those ro-da-os... well, now that I thunk of it, there aint any mountians or vallers at all! HER HE HAR!

-Jimmy Leblanc

Anonymous said...

I hear the shrieks of the girls. All of them running for the shore as if the water had suddenly become acid. But not me. I was frozen. My roots remained in the wet sand as my branches urged me forward. Every step is closer to the monster. Did I really want to do that? Yes, of course I did. I stepped closer making sure to pick up my feet because shuffling would only mean disguising the beast with it's surroundings and me being unable to locate it's horrific head. Finally, I lunged. Pure adrenaline coursed through my veins as I grabbed on to the monster's rigid skin. I slowly lifted it above my head. The once slow body now thrashed wildly to be released. However, I showed no mercy. At last, I got the creature to shore. The swarm of girls dashed for the lake just as the snake lost hope. I put it in a giant bucket to slowly fry for the remaining minutes of it's life. I looked at the beast with pride and astonishment. I never even thought about how much the beast could have harmed me until after it was safely detained. After a good minute of staring, I returned to my friends in the lake leaving the cold, dead feeling with me for the rest of the day.

~ Kenzie Mannone