Journal #3

Harlem Renaissance.
The figure I chose to research was an important musician in the Harlem Renaissance. His name is William "Count" Basie. Count Basie played the piano and the organ, apart from composing music and directing his jazz ensemble, Count Basie Orchestra. He gained various awards for his musical work. He shortly played in the band "Famous Blue Devils", along with Jimmy Rushing. Two hits he became known for include April in Paris, and One O'Clock Jump.


I am using the way Spanish in my town differs from typical Spanish as inspiration. The reason I am using this as a prompt for my dialect is because the way we speak in my town is very distinctive and differs greatly from normal Spanish. However, my imagination will be contributing to some of the more creative characteristics.

Rules.
Grammar

• In Spanish, the word vos is used instead of tu, because it is more informal. Since I can't write this in Spanish, I will be substituting yuhn for you.
• When describing an object, the adjective will go after the word. For example, "the blue car" turns into "the car blue". I'm doing this because in Spanish objects are described like that.
• Questions are inexistent, they are phrased as commands. For example, "will you pick that up" turns into, "you will pick that up". This is done because in Spanish questions and commands differ merely by the tone they are said with. In a command, emphasis is usually put on the first word, and in a question, a questioning tone is used.
  

Pronunciation

• The first"e" in a word is pronounced as "ay".
  
• Double "L's" (LL), and double "T's" (TT) are pronounced as "J". For example, "jello" would be "jejo". This is because in Argentinean Spanish, the double "L" is pronounced like this.
• "A's" are pronounced as "u" due to a mutation in my character's vocal chords.
  

Vocabulary

• "Girl" is replaced with "Mina".
• "Bus" is replaced with "Burakp"
• "The" is replaced with "Fpherp", therefore, it is pronounced "ffffffayrp".

Dialogue.
"Who are you?" sighed Count Basie. "Why must I keep meeting strange citizens in pecuilar ways?"
"Whut do you meun who um I!" Shouted the outraged man.
"I mean what I asked, who are you? I've never seen you around in this particular bus" replied Basie.
"I'vs bayen driving this burakp for fpherp pust six yayars. I'vs known you ayver since yuhn wayre six yeurs younger thun yuhn ure!" answered the man, who wore a name tag with "Bobero" imprinted on it.
"Well my fine friend, you obviously must have some mental defect, because there has never been a bus driver named Bobero who lacked the ability to speak coherent English." Basie snapped.
"Wayll look who's culling the taya kayjle.. nayvermind. Yuhn huvay mispronounced my numay." said Bobero smugly.
"What are you talking about?! Your name is Bobero, there is simply no way to mispronounce it, because it is not a real word." replied the shocked Count Basie.
"Wayll aycuse yuhn! It is pronounced Bobayro!" exclaimed Bobero.
"I'm sorry to inform you that you are completely incorrect. There is no way your name is or could be pronounced in that way" remarked Basie.
"Yuhn cun usk thut mina sijing right thayre" answered Bobero with confidence.
"What? Who is Mina? What is a Mina?" questioned Count Basie.
Bobero replied in an annoyed tone, "Thut young ludy sijing right thayre! Don't yuhn see hayr? Shay's wayaring a juckayt purple."
"I am afraid I cannot tolerate this kind of blatant disrespect. I will be riding a different bus in the future, and I wish you a good- actuajy scratch that, a horrible day sir." said Basie.
"Wayj good ridduncay to yuhn. I hopay nayver to saye yuhn uguain." muttered Bobero.

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