Friday, January 09, 2009

Adding Flavor to Words

A redneck taped toilet paper to his television.
He said, "Hey, lookie here, now we have free paper view!"

I love red neck jokes. I feel like I can enjoy them without feeling guilty because I am a redneck. I think my red-neckedness (I know that is not a word) shows through in my writing. I had a friend laugh for several minutes over my calling soda 'pop' in one of my manuscripts. Around my neck of the woods that is a common term for anything carbonized. The thing is that sort of thing gives our writing flavor. Not just red necks, anyone from any area of the country/world has their own colloquialisms that make their writing special, and flavorful.

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