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Nov 30 14 4:26 AM
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"Symmetry and asymmetry are convivial. The paradox of order and chaos in simultaneous improvisation is such a challenge to hold in focus. But in that balancing, (for it is surely in infinite process and never totally balanced)--- in that conversation, -- in that music, the new enters the patterns."
~ Nora Bateson
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Nov 30 14 11:45 AM
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Nov 30 14 12:19 PM
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David B Williams wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I hate the attempts of novelists to reproduce dialects with funny spelling. We're not listening to the radio, people,
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Nov 30 14 2:11 PM
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David B Williams wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I hate the attempts of novelists to reproduce dialects with funny spelling. We're not listening to the radio, people, we are reading. Skilled writers can suggest the class and venue of characters by what they say, not how they speak. Best example that comes to mind is Jack Vance.
I agree as well, but only in the broadest general terms. There are numerous exceptions. When it's well done in limited doses, it definitely adds flavour and couleur locale to the story. Jack London comes to mind :
http://www.online-literature.com/london/80/
http://www.online-literature.com/london/102/
Nov 30 14 2:59 PM
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