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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Sack o' vs Sack-a

Let's say a character has kind of a rough way of talking and I wanted him to say "sack of," but without formulating the "f" sound. Instead, he would just make the "O" sound of the word "of," making it come out as an "a" sound, rather than an "oh." Could I write it like this?:

"He's a lyin' sack-a lard!" he huffed.
  

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sacka As you noted, it would only be in dialgue.

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  • sacka As you noted, it would only be in dialgue.
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sacka

As you noted, it would only be in dialgue.
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OK, cool, so you're keeping it in the same style as "kinda." I see. Can I leave the hyphen, though, or does that look weird? I mean, it's not like "sacka" is even a word, anyway, right? Either way it's slang.
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In this style of writing, we use "wanna" or "gonna."
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