Re: USAGE: Bloofer

I can't speak for the accuracy of Bram's dialect in general, but Van
Helsing is, I believe, Dutch, and has not the masterful command of
English that our Irina, Boudewijn, and Rob enjoy.

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FFlores wrote:
> There are also some pieces of dialogue between the main
> characters and people (generally of the lower classes)
> who speak a dialect. I don't know if this was really
> like that, or an exaggeration/stereotyping on the part
> of the author. In particular, the dialect speakers
> seemed to consistently drop the -s from the 3s verb
> forms, and to to add it in the other persons! (Moreover,
> Professor Van Helsing completely scrambled the verbs.)
>
> (In case you're wondering, I downloaded the book in PDF
> format from http://www.elaleph.com/. It's all free and
> relatively well-presented, usually in Spanish and in
> many cases in English too.)
>
>
> --Pablo Flores
>   http://www.geocities.com/pablo-david/index.html
>   http://www.geocities.com/pablo-david/draseleq.html