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Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela - New story by Testa Dura!
louisev:
Hm, well I took a look. It makes no sense for there to be Wyoming dialect in a story about Pittsburgh.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: louisev on March 09, 2009, 01:07:51 pm ---Hm, well I took a look. It makes no sense for there to be Wyoming dialect in a story about Pittsburgh.
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Well, I confess I still haven't read the first two chapters of this new story. Is it conceivable that they're meant to have moved to Pittsburgh from Wyoming?
I mean, I have friends here in Pittsburgh who have British accents and one good friend with a southern accent.
louisev:
--- Quote from: atz75 on March 09, 2009, 01:21:35 pm ---
Well, I confess I still haven't read the first two chapters of this new story. Is it conceivable that they're meant to have moved to Pittsburgh from Wyoming?
I mean, I have friends here in Pittsburgh who have British accents and one good friend with a southern accent.
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no sign of that being part of the plot so far, no. Alma's family apparently is nearby, and there are other indications that they are long-term residents of the immediate area. Even so, considering that the geography is intrinsic to the title and to the plot, the peculiarity of their dialect would need to be part of the back story right away to keep people like me wondering why they don't talk like Pennsylvanians.
What's even more baffling is that in the second chapter, Jack Twist and his boss DO talk like Pennsylvanians. Or at least, mostly. Still no explanation of why the del Mar household is in a different dialect.
Brown Eyes:
Well, FWIW, my friend with the southern accent has lived here for over 20 years. A dialect issue wouldn't bother me too much.
I'm still reluctant to dive into this story because of the theme described in the synopsis. I think I'll have to be in just the right mood to actually sit down and read it.
It's also kind of interesting to think of the range of BBM fandom stories that take place in very different locales from the original story. Testa Dura's other stories take place in Colorado (if my memory serves me correctly), so obviously much closer to the original. I often wonder why folks decide to shift locations so much.
Mikaela:
Now, here's the upside to being a clueless foreigner: I have no idea how they speak in Pittsburg and in what way that is different from accents and mannerisms in Wyoming. It's all pretty much just "English" with some idioms thrown in to me. So there's no way such issues can distract me from the plot and characters! :)
I think the fic is off to a promising start, and I liked the image of the two rivers coming from different directions, meeting, and after some initial struggles, rapids and muddy waters forming one bigger, stronger and united one. It seems very fitting in order to describe the J&E that might be emerging in the fic when we get to know them better.
I'm sure more backstory as to the fic's Dal Mar family will be provided in due course - without going back to check now, I think the story did say they'd moved from somewhere else when Ennis got the job he lost after few weeks when he couldn't keep his temper in check, maybe that wasn't the first time they moved either.
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