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mikki868
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What dialects do each of the three characters in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker use?

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Posted by mikki868 on Tuesday March 27, 2007 at 4:59 PM and tagged with dialects in pinters, the caretaker.

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  1. alanrice Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Aston, Davies, and Mick do not use any specific "dialect," unless you mean the slang of working-class London. From his speech, you may guess that Aston is a bit better-educated, but clearly Mick is the more verbose and cleverer. Davis speech remains comparatively primitive.

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    Posted by alanrice on Thursday June 7, 2007 at 8:40 AM