Writing convincing English

[James Kyllo]

>From last Saturday's Telegraph (sorry to take so long to post) an
article about the difficulties english speaking writers from either
side of the Atlantic have in creating convincing dialogue from the
other side:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/06/11/bodialogue.xml

The Pynchon mention says:

"Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, mostly playing safe with Dick van
Dyke versions of English speech - "Thinking about me Xmas shopping" -
falls flat when attempting Welsh English in the character of
Gwenhidwy."

the conclusion of the article is that Philip Roth is the only American
able to write convincing British dialogue

best

James


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