Question

In "Interview with President Lincoln," Charles Farrar Browne uses a different spelling for some common words to indicate the narrator's accent and local dialect. Write the correct spellings of words in this excerpt that are in parentheses.

One (patrit) from a small town in( Michygan) went up on top the house, got into the chimney and slid into the (parler) where Old Abe was (endeverin) to keep the hungry pack of (orfice)-seekers from (chawin) him up alive without benefit of clergy.

Answer 1

Patriot

Michigan

Parlor

Endeavoring

Office

Chewing

Step-by-step explanation:

The author attempts to convey the accent of the narrator by writing the words in a way that, maybe, sound close enough to what he imagined how the narrator sounds like.

Charles Browne reasoning was that maybe the way that the reader would read those words would be enough for them to understand that the narrator has a strong accent and perhaps the reader would be able to get a closer understanding on what he sounds like.

Answer 2

One patriot from a small town in Michigan went up on top the house, got into the chimney and slid into the parlor where Old Abe was Endeavoring to keep the hungry pack of Office -seekers from Chewing him up alive without benefit of clergy.