Or perhaps that the character thinks that line of dialogue was funny. Sometimes people speak in a drawl as a means of poking fun at people with a drawl, or stereotypes associated with drawls, while not actually normally having a drawl themselves.
I have now defended both quip and dreawl, and will run away to avoid being shot, fined, horsewhipped, drawn and quartered or slapped with a trout. :)
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Date: 2009-04-07 02:11 pm (UTC)Sometimes people speak in a drawl as a means of poking fun at people with a drawl, or stereotypes associated with drawls, while not actually normally having a drawl themselves.
I have now defended both quip and dreawl, and will run away to avoid being shot, fined, horsewhipped, drawn and quartered or slapped with a trout. :)