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5. Variety # 2: Guide on arrival at Jamaica<br />
5a. Sample of dialect<br />
"No fear, massa, if you and toder leetle man--of--war buccra, only keep dem seat<br />
when we rise on de crest of de swell dere." […]<br />
"Now sit still, massa, bote." […]<br />
"Now jomp, massa, jomp." (p. 48)<br />
5b.1 Orthography<br />
Respelling massa; leetle; dem; dere; bote; jomp<br />
Elision toder (the other?)<br />
5b.2 Grammar<br />
None noted<br />
5b.3 Vocabulary<br />
buccra?<br />
5. Variety #3: Sailor John Crow, referred to as ‗the black‘ (p. 83)<br />
5a. Sample of dialect<br />
<strong>The</strong> monkey was hanging by the tail from the dolphin--striker, admiring what John<br />
Crow called "his own dam ogly face in the water."<br />
"Tail like yours would be good ting for a sailor, jackoo, it would leave his two hands<br />
free aloft--more use, more hornament, too, I'm sure, den de piece of greasy junk dat<br />
hangs from de Captain's taffril.--Now I shall sing to you, how dat Corromantee rascal,<br />
my fader, was sell me on de Gold Coast. (p.83)<br />
5b.1 Orthography<br />
Respelling ting; dat; ogly; fader<br />
H-addition hornament<br />
5b.2 Grammar<br />
Non standard verb form was sell me<br />
5b.3 Vocabulary<br />
jackoo; taffril<br />
5c. Dialect area represented<br />
various non-native forms<br />
5d. Density of dialect representation<br />
Moderately – heavily marked<br />
5e. Location of dialect<br />
Dialect entirely in dialogue<br />
5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers<br />
Peripheral, male, unskilled<br />
5g. Consistency of representation<br />
Consistent; no evidence of code-switching<br />
6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties<br />
None noted<br />
7. Other points of interest<br />
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