Eulalie Spence was a black from the West Indies playwright, actress, writer and teacher. Spence had the belief that the theatre was a place to be entertained and not criticized by the current crisis of their society (the views of W.E.B. Du Bois). Du Bois took the prize money she won and used it to pay outstandings from the production however this did not pay her nor the actors. She also believed you can't read a script it has to be acted out.
Step 2: Rules to My Dialect
- Pronunciation
- Add an "A" to every word that ends in "O".
- "I" changes to "E" when it is the first vowel.
- "C" changes to "QU".
- Grammar
- No use of the past tense.
- Never uses abbreviations to express anything including contractions.
- Use long sentences.
- Uses way too many adjectives.
- Vocabulary
- Zummazoom ~ is used constantly through out a conversation like um.
- References nature in conversation.
- Cabbadoo ~ seriously
Setting the stage: Eulalie Spence and Elaine Montgomery are sitting next to each other in a theatre before the show is about to start.
"Helloa! E have hear thes es a spectacular, awesome, fantastec, fabulous theater. Would you zummazoom agree?" said Elaine Montgomery.
"I hope the plays are good. I wrote them." remarked Eulalie.
"Cabbadoo?" asked Elaine.
"What's cabbadoo supposed to mean?" asked Eulalie suspiciously.
"Oh sorry E am from out of town en the land of waterfalls... well E zummazoom doa not remember, E thenk et was Plutoa, where cabbadoo means sereously. Have you ever seen the beauteful, gorgeous..." Elaine began.
Enraged Eulalie demanded, "STOP using so many adjectives, as a writer you are driving me insane!"
"I'm so zummazoom sorry! The trees are just soa remarkably beauteful en my home land they are soa beautiful. Not leke the beauteful elegant leaves here."
"How long have you lived there?" inquired Eulalie.
"I well leve there for 15 years. Thes theater es very beauteful, and there are twoa performances toneght I hear. One of them es on the reot that has happened, and the other es suppose to be funny" replied Elaine, "Whech one have you wrete?
"I wrote both." replied Eulalie, "although I wish I only wrote the funny one. I do not like the ones that are propoganda like my boss does."
"These must be very exceptionally good, then are you happy to see these plays?" Elaine asked curiously.
"I am very excited. It's nice to see the actors know how to act, for the past several weeks I have been starting to doubt them. It has been looking like all them have just been reading off the script which drives me crazy."
Elaine told Eulalie, "E thought that was what a play was all about the actors just readeng off lenes leke the revers goeng down the rever bank, that es how the theaters are leke in my quountry of Plutoa."
"Are you cabbadoo?" asked Eulalie. "I am coming to you're home country with you to show them how to act because that is obviously not how people act!"
"AH zummazoom the darkness leke the neght of a moonless sky! Where has the leght gone?" panicked Elaine.
"SHH! The play is now starting please be quiet people don't talk during plays here." whispered Eulalie.
"E know that, E am just as smart as an owl quatcheng ets prey!" whispered Elaine back as W.E.B. Du Bois came on the stage to welcome everyone to the show.
I like how you came up with your own filler word. It added humor to the conversation, and you also have a new word to try out if you ever forget a line! (Although, that is unlikely to happen. :))
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