Can’t sounds much more natural than cannot: don’t instead of do not.
ACCENTS
“Ello, Miss,” he said, politely touching his forehead with a finger in a kind of salute. “It’s a right ‘onor. ‘Course, my old mum an’ I, we seen all yer pictures. She’s a great fan ‘o yers, is me mum.”
‘Pooty soon I’ll be a-shout’n for joy, en I’ll say, it’s all on accounts o’ Huck; I’s a free mnan, en I couldn’t ever ben free ef it hadn’ ben for Huck; Huck done it. Jim won’t ever forgit you, Huck; you’s de bes’ fren’ Jim’s ever had; en you’s de only fren’ ole Jim’s got now.’
Illustration of Jim and Huckleberry Finn, by EW Kemble from the original 1884 edition of the book. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
GRAMMAR
“We loved the great woman’s heart of her.”
“She had a great heart.”
“She was a big-hearted woman.”
EXERCISE
“Could you lend me ten dollars/euros/pounds?”
Wrote a diary once about teaching Romany gypsies using quite a lot of dialect, but found it worked better as a play. Really hard to carry this one off, good luck to those that try it.
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