Question for the flist-mind

[thismaz]

Dear flist,

I think, for once, this is a question directed more towards the Brits on my flist.

The word 'alright'.

Is that an acceptable spelling?

Or would you always spell it as two words?

Would you feel differently, depending on whether you were writing narrative or dialogue?

Any and all opinion welcome.

*hugs wonderful flist-mind*

Comments

[quinara]

I've always thought that whatever happens between speech marks is pretty much up to the writer

This; I'll agree with this. With the caveat that 'writing out' accents rarely works unless all your audience has the same accent for standard English as you do, I think you might as well be transcribing the stuff between quotation marks, so it's about what is actually said/implied as said.

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

With the caveat that 'writing out' accents rarely works
I agree with you there, but this feels more like the use of contractions, where not to use them in dialogue would distort the characters' voices.