American vs British?

[JS Wiig]

A duck wrapped in linen?

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

A duck wrapped in linen?

I don't get it, but now I am hungry.

I could imagine an experimental novel involving characters from around the world in conversation in which whatever each one says is spelled the way they'd write it. I'm thinking dialogue but that sort of thing would be obvious if they are communicating on a forum like this.

 

[Harpo]

I don't get it, but now I am hungry.

I could imagine an experimental novel involving characters from around the world in conversation in which whatever each one says is spelled the way they'd write it. I'm thinking dialogue but that sort of thing would be obvious if they are communicating on a forum like this.

Back in the days of Yahoo chatrooms I used to go exploring chat topics that seemed niche or unusual. Some were location-based, which makes sense for people wanting to chat about local stuff.
And then I went into the Glasgow chatroom, where everybody except me was typing in dialect and I didn’t have a clue what anyone was saying. I quickly left.