| It's been a while since I read "Green Grow the Lilacs," but in my memory, the dialect he uses is right out of the play, written by a native Oklahoman. As to SP, my memory of Bloody Mary in 'Tales of the South Pacific" is that that's the way she spoke in the stories. And, considering English is at least her third language, after Tonkinese and French, and the one most recently learned, her facility - or lack of it -- isn't that surprising. |
