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Laura Lewakowski asked this question about My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1):
What does it mean when someone"spoke in dialect", or in "thick dialect"? I understand that the book was originally written in Italian, but I'm not getting the importance of noting that the character was speaking in dialect at random times.
David The various dialects within a country are often mutually unintelligible. For example, I lived in German for years, and my wife was from the far north …moreThe various dialects within a country are often mutually unintelligible. For example, I lived in German for years, and my wife was from the far north near Bremen, where Friesisch is still spoken. We lived in Munich, however, and often when travelling in the countryside she couldn't understand anything that was said, if the people were speaking Bairisch. I have no doubt that the Naples dialect is as impenetrable to a Milanese.(less)
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deleted user It is essentially a different language, as it Sandinian, for instance.
Oct 05, 2016 06:16PM
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