Comments on: Brad King, Theater Dialect Coach

By: Brad_King

Brad_King — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:44:53 +0000

I love it

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:39:56 +0000

A friend reminded me of one we heard at a saloon in Bandera, Texas several years ago. A man told us, “Up there Minnesota ways, they got skeeters so big they could rape a duck!—(pregnant pause)—IN FLIGHT!”

By: Brad_King

Brad_King — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:44:53 +0000

I love it

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:39:56 +0000

A friend reminded one we heard at a saloon in Bandera, Texas several years ago. A man talked about Minnesota saying, “Up there Minnesota ways, they got skeeters so big they could rape a duck!—(pregnant pause)—IN FLIGHT!”

By: Brad_King

Brad_King — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:10:43 +0000

Well we had a fun time with “I'll slap the white off you” and running through racial epithets that were more appropriate. Also talked a bit about the difference between Black Standard English and rural, KY/WV dialects (in as much as I know). The verb conjugation is different. Things of that nature. Oh and where there are pregnant pauses in different words and phrase. God damn, for instance, could appear at Gat-(pause)-Damn depending on the meaning (anger or excitement).

By: Pablo

Pablo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:46:15 +0000

Reads like a heckuva time! Any Appalachian colloquialisms that stand out from the day?