Dialect Examples

Dialect Examples Dialect Dialect refers to a pattern of speech used in a particular region or area of a country. Different dialects can also be used by different classes of people. Writers often use dialects to develop setting and characters. Examples of Dialect: Examples of Use of Dialect in Literature 1. In My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle has a specific working-class dialect, which the Professor attempts to educate out of her so that she can pass as a "lady." Lots of chocolate for me to eat! / Lots of coal makin' lots of heat / Warm face, warm hands, warm feet / Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? 2. In Huck Finn, Twain develops characters by having them speak various dialects common to their station in the American South. Jim and Huck speak very differently in the novel: Jim: "We's safe, Huck, we's safe! Jump up and crack yo' heels. Dat's de good ole Cairo at las', I jis knows it." Huck: "I'll take the canoe and go see, Jim. It mightn't be, you know." 3. In To Kill a Mockingbird, many of the characters have different dialects, showing their class in the American South: I was sittin' on the porch, and he come along. Uh, there's this old chifforobe in the yard, and I-I said, 'You come in here, boy, and bust up this chifforobe, and I'll give you a nickel.'