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The Help
by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
“It's true. There are some racists in this town,” Miss Leefolt say.
Miss Hilly nod her head, “Oh, they're out there.”
Law, this book be good! I’m on tell you how good this book be. Everthing ‘bout this book be good, you gone read this book and you gone see what I’s mean. Law!
Miss Hilly nod her head, “Oh, they're out there.”
Law, this book be good! I’m on tell you how good this book be. Everthing ‘bout this book be good, you gone read this book and you gone see what I’s mean. Law!
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You're right. It's something that's been talked about a lot on Goodreads, especially in Sparrow's review (which I think you should read). If I had honestly noticed that, I'd probably have liked it a lot less but I didn't. I hope that doesn't say anything incriminating about myself, not having noticed it, but there it is.
Jenn, as a Brit, I didn't have that problem: when I read it, all the white characters had a southern drawl in my head. It may have been inaccurate, but it was definitely an accent. ;-)Nevertheless, I think it's actually an important point, albeit one I hadn't noticed until now.
Stephen King does it too, to his lower-class characters. But he at least sometimes dialects his middle-class and upper-class characters also.