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{{quote| ''In this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the backwoods Southwestern dialect; the ordnary "Pike County" dialect; and four modified varieties of this last. The shadings have not been done in a haphazard fashion, or by guesswork; but painstakingly, and with the trustworthy guidance and support of personal familiarity with these several forms of speech.''}}
 
{{quote|''I make this explanation for the reason that without it many readers would suppose that all these characters were trying to talk alike and not succeeding.''|Mark Twain, ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''}}
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Howevr, a [[Funetik Aksent]] haz its downsydz. Nahnstandrd spelingz kan slow reedrz down, espeshulee if Inglsh iz naht ther naytiv langwidj, sins thayr liklee mowr adept at reeding standrd writn Inglish then at desyfring an unfimilyur aksent.
 
Awlsoh, sins standrd Inglish iz naht speld funetikley, a [[Funetik Aksent]] kan bey yoozd too giv tha impreshun uv an unejakaytd speekr, ''eevn wen tha prownunseeayshun iz prfiktlee standrd'' (az with this payj). Tha latr yoos haz givn tha trm "i diyalekt" a negativ konohtayshun fer sum.
 
Litring [[Punctuation Shaker|tha tekst with apostrifeez]] iz ahpshunl. See awlsoh [[Speech Bubbles|SpeechBuhblz]], fer awlturntiv wayz uv kunvaying infermayshun abowt tha chayriktrz' voysiz. [[Funetik Aksent|This payj, with nowrml speling kawnvenshunz.]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In tha Inglish lawngwidj tranzlayshunz uf tha ''[[Hellsing]]'' mawnga, Fawthr Anderson haz such a bruwj thawt yoow hav to gow bawk and reyd hiz liynz muwltapl tiymz toow figyur awt wat he seyd.
* Mowst uv tha kariktrz in''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Krownow Kraws]]'' hav aksents in the Inglish trawnzlashun, in owrdr toow awd veriyawtey toow wut wud uthrwiz bey intrchaynjawbl snipits uv diyawlowg spowkin biy wutevr karikterz yoow hawpind toow hav in yur pawrtey awt tha tiym.
** This waz an atempt [[Translation Convention|toow kum up with an Inglish ekwivalent]] toow difrent wayz uv speyking Jawpineyz.
 
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* Tha kowmik '''Platinum Grit'' yoowzez funetik aksents fer just abowt evrey kariktr hoow iznt Awstraylyin, inkloowding a tawking kuwbrd frum Jamayka, a reydikyulusley Jermn kafay ownr, and a palethra uv Skowtish karikters with aksents sow awthentikley thik and indasifrabl thet fanz hav aktyaley askd fer tranzlashuns. And a difrnt set uv funetik speling fer kariktrs hoow awrnt Skowtish puting awn bawd fayk skots aksents.
* Awvertd in Warren Ellis' run uv ''[[The Authority|They Awthowratey]]'' wayr Britsh, Tbetn, Amayrakawn, and Duwch kariktrz hav ther diyalowg ritn in stawndrd Inglish...eksept wen Jenny Sparks reypeyts sumthing tha Dawktr sez toow teyz him fer hiz Duwch aksent..
* Yoozd ekstensivley in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preychr.]]'' Maynley fer tha Teksan/Suthrn aksents mowst uv tha kast powzesiz, but awlsow a thik Iyrish wown fer Cassidy, awnd tha jibrish uv tha fashuley maymnd Arseface, wich sumhaw kumz awt ''awktyuley reydawbl'' if yoow sawnd it awt.
* ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark|Serabuys Tha Ayrdvark]]'' waz tha ''mastr'' uv this, with evreything frum [[Marx Brothers|Chikow Mwarks]]'z fayk Atalyion aksent to Serabus'z kowld toow [[Alan Moore]]'z Britishizmz. This trowpr fawnd himself bafld untel hey red evreything alawd, wayrapown it mayd saprizingley instint sens.
* This iz tha howl poynt uv Duwch kowmik sereyz ''[[Haagse Harry]]'', weyr eneything and evreything speyks funetikley transzkribd Duwch with a vayrey strowng Tha Hayg aksent. And yes, it tendz toow bey inkowmprahensibl unles red awt lowd.
* Julius, kommandant of Das Primate Patrol in [[The DCU|Tha DKU]], a gowrilaw with, uhm, fashist leyningz, speyks with an aytipakawley funetik Jirmin aksent. "I'm gonna ''krush'' you all, ''grint'' you inda ''dusd!'' "I'm an ''aybe''. Dad's how I ''rdoll''."
** Nawt toow menshun Captain Fear, with hiz Spanish aksent and "debil may care" awtitood. "I'm da ''ghoaz'', but I can e'see righ' t'roo joo, Doagtar Dirteen."
* [[Don Rosa|Don Rosa's]] ''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'' haz Scrooge'z famley, Scrooge himself inkloodidd, speyking in Skawtish aksents. Bowth Scrooge and hiz sistrz drawp therr aksents aftr moowving toow Awmerika.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* Az indakaytd by tha kwoht, the yur-eksampl myt bee [[Mark Twain]]'s reejownal dyalekts.
* Fleur Delacour in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Awlsow Hagrid.
* Down a lawt in [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]'s nawvlz.
* Tha Grand Hiy Wich in ''[[The Witches]]'' hawd a simlr aksent, buwt it waz sapowzd toow bey Nowrwegin.
* ''[[Jane Eyre]]''
** Awlsow Joseph (and praktikley evreywown in Heathcliff's hawshowld, buwt tha mayn awfendr iz Joseph) uv [[Wuthering Heights (Literaturenovel)|Wuthering Heights]].
* [[Stephen King]] awftn duwz this with Niw Inglnd kayriktrz.
* [[Irvine Welsh]] dows this hevawley with tha Skowtish diyawlekt.
* This edatur deyfiyz anywown toow deysiyfr tha ''Uncle Remus'' stowriyz awn tha frst reyding.
* [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]] luvd toow doow this; mowst nowtabley in ''[[The Dunwich Horror (Literature)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' and ''The Shadow over Innsmouth''.
* Laytr ''[[Land of Oz (Literature)|Oz]]'' buks giv Dorothy mowr fawrmgrl kawlowkleyalizms, prazoomabley toow diferencheyayt hr frum tha uwthr litl grls in tha buk seyriyz.
* Iain M. Banks's ''Feersum Endjinn'' haz a viywpownt kariktr, Bascule, hooz intiyr sekshunz awr ritn in a funetik aksent - it tayks a wiyl toow rejastr thawt tha kariktr iz awktyuley varey intelawjint deyspiyt this.
* Jumps in and awt fer Scotty in differing buks uv tha ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Stawr Trek]]'' franchiz fikshun, dawpending awn tha awthr. Sumtiymz hiz aksent iz speld funetikley, uther tiymz its prezins iz just nowtd in tha prowz.
** The saym gowz fer Chekov.
*** William Shatner in pratikyuler fayverz "vw" fer Chekov'z 'newkleyr weslz' aksent, wich iz sumwat difakult toow reyd.
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* Thow menshund wons as an asiyd - ''[[Redwall|Redwal]]'' deyservz an entrey uv theyr own. Tha miys, atrz, etc. tend toow speyk normawley. Howevr, Rats hav a sowrt uv browkn kokney/piyrt speyk, tha Shrewz seym toow lisp, and Mowlz? Tha mowl speych iz kawnsidrd awlmost inkomprehensbl.
** The Hayrz awn tha uthr hand have a [[Verbal Tic|Verbl Tik]] mawdld aftr tha stereyowtipawkl 19th/erley 20th sentyurey British milatayrey ofiser, ending mowst sentinsez with "wot".
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (Literaturenovel)|The Three Musketeers]]'': d'Artagnan's Gascon aksent iz kawnveyd threw hiz tendinsey toow prownawns hiz favrit ekspativ as "mordiox!" insted uv "mordieu!"
* 'ow did we get so far wi'out mentionin' the [[Discworld]] at all? With [[Vampire Vords|zee Vampires]], der Trolls, and all ozzer assorted veirdness, it's easier to say [[Painting the Fourth Wall|when a speck of the FourthWall stays blank.]]
* Wown kariktr in a ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Zanth]]'' nawvil speyks with a lisp; awl tha "s"z in hiz speych awr reyplaysd with tha letr "v", eksept wen he sez tha wrd "iylnd"). [[Lampshade Hanging|Wown uv tha uthr kariktrz]] awsks if it shud hae bin "ivland", toow wich tha lisping kariktr reyspondz, "Whatever for?" Interestingley, wen tha naraytr mominaraley changz fowkuws toow tha lisping kariktr, hiz speych iz nowrmawl and tha awthr karikterz hav ekstraw "s"z in thayr speych, as thow thay wur hising.
* Avertd - fer now gud reyzun - in tha Buk Vershun uv tha PBS mineysereyz ''Do you Speak American?'' Tha howl poynt uv tha seyreyz waz toow show haw Inglish iz spowkin difrentley in difrent pawrts uv tha US, but evin wen darektley kwowting peypl yoowzing noawn standrd US diyawlekts tha buk prints it in standrd speling, sow tha poynt iz lawst.
* Eny Awmerikan nawvl that invowlvz sowljerz frum tha UK and a Lewtenit. Wenevr wown uv tha powm'z sez that awfisrz rank, its awlwayz 'Leftenant'. Tom Clancy iz ekstreymley fawnd uv this, and Cawl uv Doowtey had Priz say this wowns (suwbtiytlz say 'Leftenant')
* Vaska Denisov in ''[[War and Peace|War And Peys]]'' iz sed to swalow hiz R'z wen tawking, wich tha tranzlaytrz desidid toow replikayt by puting "gh" in frunt uv any R'z in any wurdz he sez. It tayks sum geting yoozd toow.
* Horrible Science magaziyn wowns showd an Amwerikan and a Rushin triying toow lawnch rawkits in a kawmik strp. Both fayld. The Awmerikan sed "Rats!", tha Rushin sed "Ratz!"
* ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' gets a lot eyzeyr toow reyd wowns yoow reyliyz thet tha diyawlekt iz mowstley funetik with les then dazling gramr.
* Amalia Ivanovna/Ludwigovna frum ''[[Crime and Punishment (Literature)|Crime and Punishment]]'' hahd wun.
 
== Meta ==
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* This wuz wuhns veree kahmon in [[Newspaper Comics|Noozpayprkahmiks]]. ''[[LilLi'l Abner]]'', ''[[The Katzenjammer Kids]]'', ''[[Krazy Kat]]'', and ''[[Pogo (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Pogo]]'' awr sum uv tha best nown eksamplz (indeyd, ''The Katzenjammer Kids'' reymayns tha arktiypl eksampl uv a bawd, browkin Jermin aksent in tha Inglish-speyking wurld, and kowmparasunz tuw it awr mayd biy thows hoow hav nevr seyn tha owridganl). Az tiym went awn and diyalekt hyoomr fel aywt uv fayvr, mowst maynstreym kawmiks hawv stuk toow prowpr Inglish.
* ''[[Modesty Blaise (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Mawdistey Blayz]]'': Willie Garvin, Mawdistey'z Kokniy siydkik, drawps 'iz haychez and freykwentley eksklaymz, "Blimey!"
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Owrks and Owrks in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Wowrhamr]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000|Wowrhamr 40000]]'', with a Kokney like aksent.
 
== [[Theatre]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The jägermonsters (mawnstrus luwking sowljerz tranzfowrmnd biy Mawd Siyins) in Phil Foglio's steympuwnk kowmik ''[[Girl Genius]]'' hawv siley "Jermawnik" sawnding funetik aksents. Eyvn mowr bizawr givn that, althow tha kowmik iytself iz ritin in Inglish tha mayn kariktrz awr [[Translation Convention|aktuwley speyking in Jermin and Romayneyan]] (az kownfirmd biy tha Foglios awn [https://web.archive.org/web/20130719132919/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/girlgenius/ the Yahoo Group fanforum]) and tha ownley Britsh kariktr speyks ''withawt'' any funetik aksent. Maybey its tha poyntey teyth...
** The Foglios hav diskriybd tha Jaegermonsters az "The Mongol Horde, staffed by the Katzenjammer Kids".
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', Durkon haz a Skowts like awkent; this is lawmpshaydid awn mowr then wown awkashun ([http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0130.html "He can pronounce 'stratosphere' but not 'the'?"]).
** At wown poynt [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0305.html hey riyts a letr] in tha saym manr. Wen towld he didnt hav to tawnskriyb hiz aksent, hey reyspowndz "Transcribe my what now?"
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' renrz sum kariktrz' aksents this way: Surma'z [[British Accents|Yowrkshr Aksent]], Zimmy'z (prazumabley) Birmingham aksent, and Red'z kompleetley fikshunal aksent. Awn thee uthr hand, thee main kariktrz avrt this: Antimony haz a sliyt Yowrkshr Aksent and Kat haz a sliyt Skowtish aksent, but wey ownley know this beykuz [[Word of God|Wurd Uv Gawd]] sez sow.
* JD, tha siyintist Spays Piyrat from tha webkowmik ''Metroid: Third Derivative'' (naymnd himself aftr "the greatest pirate in human history: Johnny Depp"), speyks with a Jirmn aksent. ("Just take ze damn veapon already.") At leyst, hiz W'z awr ritn az V'z, and hiz S'z awr Z'z. Wen hezs awlown, thow, he sumtiymz drawps tha aksent. ("Thank God, now I can drop this stupid accent I used to impress the idiot.")
* Awvertd with tha ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|Advenchas of Dahkta MikNinjah]]'' vilan Frans Rayner. Tha [[Alt Text|Awlt Tekst]] in tha strip in wich he iz intadoowsd reydz:
{{quote| I'm afraid you'll have to imagine Frans's accent without my help. It looks just far too silly typed phonetically.}}
* In ''[[Misfile|Misfiyl]]'' garaj ownr Harry haz tha mowst apawling Kokney/Welsh fyushun aksent that haz evr bin this edawtowr'z [[Fate Worse Than Death|misfowrchun toow reyd]]. Thankfuley hiz apeyrensez awr rayr.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Stetsun MikLee duz thiss in [[DarwinsDarwin's Soldiers|Darwinz Souljurs]] storee ''Neecheez Souljurs 2''.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Reyd meney fowrmz awn 'tawk liyk a piyrt day' and bey shur "ya sorery wretchers bain't so cussed blinded tha cha cannaugh make 'eads er tailses uv wot we's been sayings."
* Frum an Inglish speykrz perspektiv, tha Skawts langwidj is this trowp rit lardj (sey tha [http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Skawts Wikapeydiya]).
** Frum a Skawtz speykrz perspektiv, tha Inglish langwidj is this trowp rit lardj (sey tha [http://en.wikipedia.org Inglish Wikapeydiya]).
* The Russhun form of inturnetspeek called "Olbansky yezik" ("Olbanian langwij") is essenshully this trope.
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