selliot Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 ... seeing dialogue in novels written with a 't' to signify the glottal stop that often takes the place of 'the'? Is it acceptable, or patronising? I'm a writer, and I'm interested to know because I've used apostrophes where I need to show the missing 'the', but my editor has suggested 't's Personally, I think it looks cumbersome on the page, apart from anything else. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumosaurus Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Goin' ' shops Goin' t' shops Yeah I think I prefer your way. Maybe just add a footnote just to explain to anyone not from Yorkshire. It's not patronising to write t', just inaccurate because it's implied not pronounced. You can't write a word that was never there in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I think you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I agree, people from Yorkshire get enough stick from Southerners for our accent as it is, we don't need to give them any more ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selliot Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 thanks everyone - that's what I thought, but good to have it confirmed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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