From the course: The Foundations of Fiction

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Dialect (advanced)

Dialect (advanced)

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Dialect (advanced)

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(mellow electronic music) - Jess, I have a new game for us. - I hope it's an advanced game, 'cause this is an advanced lecture. - Yup, it's definitely advanced. - Okay. - Okay, we have to do impressions of each other and see who does the best. - You mean, I have to impersonate you? - Yeah, you have to kind of capture my accent and the way I talk. - Oh gosh, okay, I'll try. - Go on, give it a go. - My name is Jo Ann Render and I'm an author. - You think I really sound like that? You sound like the queen of England, or you think I do. - Sorry. Okay, you give it a try. - Howdy, my name is Jessica Brody and I'm an author. - I do not sound like that. - Okay, you won. - Just barely. - This game shows how tricky it is to copy other people's accents and they way they speak. - Right. And Jo and I have known each other for a long time. We even write books together. - And teach classes together. But we still find it tricky to really capture the other one's way of talking. - This also shows how…

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