tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post3659713701683774883..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "Spunk" by Zora Neale Hurston- Short Story from the Harlem RenaissanceMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-61148004436975467662011-02-06T10:53:35.617+08:002011-02-06T10:53:35.617+08:00emeire-I guess my biggest reason not to like attem...emeire-I guess my biggest reason not to like attempts to recreate speech patterns is it breaks the pace of my reading!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-38895289076612560792011-02-06T07:09:55.981+08:002011-02-06T07:09:55.981+08:00I remember you saying that about the speech patter...I remember you saying that about the speech pattern. I was just thinking about it today. At the time I had said that it didn't bother me and I had Faulkner in my mind.<br />I have just finished The Best Laid Plans and one of the characters is of Scottish origins and at times Fallis tries to reproduce the accent (dinnae) and it annoyed me. Maybe because it wasn't a constant and when it happened was trying to figure out why or trying to hear how the word would be pronounced and it kind of broke the rhythm...<br />So I guess that for me it depends on the way it's done.<br /><br />Your review is interesting. I'll have a look at that story at some stage.<br />EmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com