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spelling of Dublin accent fcukin' ?

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  • 29-10-2014 8:16pm
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    Piliger
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    Hi all,

    I am writing my second book for publishing on KDP.

    I have a major character living in London and in particularly important scenes he is prone to use the word fcuk to intimidate the other character.

    (Jeez the censorship on Boards is ridiculous I can't even spell out a word that every person over the age of 6 uses on a daily basis !!)

    So he has a strong Dublin accent and therefore doesn't say the 'ing at the end of the word. What is the best way to write it ? "fcukin" or "fcukin'"

    For an international readership.


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    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Have a read through a few of the Ross O'Carroll Kelly books. Paul Howard captures the various Dublin accents pretty accurately.


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    Piliger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    I don't have any of his books ...I was hoping to get some help here in the forum.


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    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    My preference is for the apostrophe, but I don't think it matters a whole lot.

    Personally I hate the way the RO'CK books write accents. Loike, so annoying, roysh.


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    Piliger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    Das Kitty wrote: »
    My preference is for the apostrophe, but I don't think it matters a whole lot.
    My first thought was that the apostrophe might help non Irish people realise what the full word was.
    Personally I hate the way the RO'CK books write accents. Loike, so annoying, roysh.

    Yes .. me too.


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    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Piliger wrote: »
    My first thought was that the apostrophe might help non Irish people realise what the full word was.

    I'm curious - is your target audience comprised of the children of a previously uncontacted tribe living deep within the Amazon jungle?


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