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Writing with your mouth full?
14 years ago
A random question, related to an MLP fic I've been playing with recently: how do you write dialog when a character has something in her mouth?
I've written this kind of dialog before (usually for characters giving blowjobs...), but it's come up a lot more in this story, since I often have non-magical ponies manipulate objects with their mouths. I try to approximate the sound phonetically, but I'm essentially just making it up, and I'm always concerned that either (a) it's incomprehensible or (b) it reads like a lisp or some other speech impediment. Are there some kind of rules, like there are for other accents? Maybe a translator somewhere on the internet? Share with me your wisdom, oh wise and powerful internet :P
(And for those wondering: yes, the MLP fic will probably end up here eventually. It's pretty cloppy.)
I've written this kind of dialog before (usually for characters giving blowjobs...), but it's come up a lot more in this story, since I often have non-magical ponies manipulate objects with their mouths. I try to approximate the sound phonetically, but I'm essentially just making it up, and I'm always concerned that either (a) it's incomprehensible or (b) it reads like a lisp or some other speech impediment. Are there some kind of rules, like there are for other accents? Maybe a translator somewhere on the internet? Share with me your wisdom, oh wise and powerful internet :P
(And for those wondering: yes, the MLP fic will probably end up here eventually. It's pretty cloppy.)
EXAMPLE: "I have to go to the Bathroom"
Mouth Full: "Uh hff tuh guh tuh duh Bffrmmm"
EXAMPLE: "Jeez this book is really heavy!"
Mouth Full: "Jeev dif bok ess rrry heffy"
x3 Just a couple ways of doing such a thing. Remember though, it's rude to talk with a full mouth! :v
Or, stick something in your mouth, speak around it, and write what you hear, or what you imagine you hear. That's what I usually do, lol.