Do write differently than you talk?

Question

I do. I talk very southern and "black" and write "white" with not a single hint of southern dialect. I've been accused of plagarism on essays because I write so much differently than I talk. I don't understand why it's so strange to write differently than you talk. I always thought I should write differently than I speak. It gets pretty annoying after awhile. Somedays I laugh at it and other days I break down and cry.

I'm sorry that's do YOU write differently than you talk.

Most of the time it doesn't bother me- I just say "they're all talk" but on a day like today it just hurts. When people go so far as to accuse of me plagarism or rob me of my blackness because I don't conform to a minstrel stereotype-I'm not an Uncle Tom and I never will be.

Answer 1

Everyone writes differently than they speak,as they have accents and dialect.How you are writing is not white its just plain English,besides if you wrote how you speak people would think that you weren't black and were taking the michael.
I couldn't imagine writing something like' you all reet co.ck' or ' am gowin up stayus t mek bed', if you see what i mean.

Answer 2

that is really humorous because I felt as if I did write an same as I spoke. i'm initially from CT so, for sure, i do not imagine I actually have any type of accent or major community dialect (i'm effective some human beings would imagine I do) If I do, that's no longer some thing i might want to easily placed into writing. i do not use words like a'int or y'all so i have not in any respect been in that difficulty. the in user-friendly words component i might want to do is to write down words like I pronounce them yet they could merely be misspelled. i might want to write 'rilly' instead of 'really' notwithstanding that's honestly demanding to purposely misspell words each and every of the time. I equated twangy with stupid in user-friendly words via the undeniable fact that is how that is contained in the media. heavily, that's the in user-friendly words reason. i recognize that's no longer honestly authentic. human beings shouldn't write in accents and could dodge utilizing lesser widely used 'community communicate' because few everybody is going to appreciate what they wrote. of direction, digital mail and messaging, and so on. is a diverse tale.

Answer 3

I write more formally than I talk; interestingly enough, I'm southern as well. It's hard to put a dialect into words, so perhaps that's part of the issue. I don't think it's at all strange to write differently than you talk.

Answer 4

The written word is generally more formal than speech. Basically, because its more permanent, or profound.
On the other hand, I like to write fan-ficiton, so it sounds more realistic if the dialog actually sounds like the characters.
Some characters might be more believable if they spoke correctly and said, "how are you doing?"
Another one, for instance, a southern born and bred good ol' boy might say, "how ya doin'?"

Answer 5

Perhaps you should adjust your dialect to one that more properly accents your writing style. I speak properly and I write properly as well. Those that I have known to speak less than proper English, usually demonstrate this is in their writing. Basically most people speak rather similarly to the way that they write.

Answer 6

I think most of my writing is different bcause I take more time to think. I think about each word I write or even change words around after I write them down. It is fun for me to write, but not always fun to speak. I tense up more when I speak in some circumstances.

Answer 7

Of course, I do. Writing must be much clearer than speaking, and so I take greater care with the way I express myself in writing. I won't be there to correct misunderstandings or clarify points.

Even in speech, I tend to adjust according to whom I'm talking. I imagine you do the same.

It's perfectly normal and sensible.

Answer 8

I think that you write the way you were educated, and you speak the way you were spoken to growing up. When we write, we are conveying images from the mind, the way we were taught in school to convey them. We want our writing to be understood by everyone. When we speak, we are speaking from the heart in the way that is most comfortable for us to communicate. What is wonderful is when we can speak from the heart, and communicate it in writing.

Answer 9

no hint of southern dialect - hooey.
I write like I speak - except when I'm writing research papers - no one speaks like that. No one.

Answer 10

I talk to myself out loud when I write or type most of the time, so it would be the same.