As if you needed a reason to get out and meet your neighbors or actually go to church....but if you are a writer... you just might...because I have gotten the BEST dialogue and speech patterns from talking to neighbors or listening to people give lessons in church. After all, no loud music or noisy crowds like the mall.
For example: Nigerian man speaking English during a Sunday school lesson. I noticed for the most part he sounded like an American. But on longer words with more than two syllables, he was VERY articulate/ over articulate for someone living in Texas. Also, every o after the first consant was pronounced as an ah sound. So, correct became cahrrect and work became wahrk. He was educated, too, so his vocabulary was more extensive than some other people. He also said, "Any other thoughts?" when he wanted someone else to volunteer to talk. The last thing I noticed was that the short i sound was pronounced with a long e sound. If became eef, interesting became een-trist-ing.
