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Q&A Is it okay to mention a person's nationality and accent only once or twice in a story?

I'm reading a Spanish book and there is an Argentinean guy in the story. The writer says it once or twice at the beginning and after that he just simulates the oral accent. He uses typical idioms ...

posted 11y ago by serfe‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:15:40Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/9757
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar serfe‭ · 2019-12-08T03:15:40Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm reading a Spanish book and there is an Argentinean guy in the story.

The writer says it once or twice at the beginning and after that he just simulates the oral accent. He uses typical idioms or words like, for example, "carro" instead of "coche" when they say "car". They also put the accent in different syllables in some words (this is easier for a Spanish writer, since we can use graphic accent to mark it; he uses italics if the word is wrong written because of this).

Sometimes, the use of stereotypes can be useful, for example the people from Argentina are known as good psychologists.

Now when I read it, I imagine him talking with Argentinean accent and I don't need the author to remind me anymore.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-12-19T09:14:39Z (almost 11 years ago)
Original score: 3