da fuq?!?! doesnt matter if it written, voiced, or using fucking semaphore code.
It expresses to the reader how a character talks. One can express whether or not a character enunciates clearly or not, do they use slang? etc... etc...
ffs... only fucking grammer nazis and english professors give two shits and a fuck about it
sure, sadly some might. but then, I would like to give them the benefit of the doubt that they wouldnt be that fucking retarded and see what the text is ultimately trying to convey to the reader.
like the story? which is presented in dialog? and that dialog may be used to express certain traits of a character?
Ok, tell me this, say I make a porn game that takes place in the hood. And I want to have two characters have a conversation. Mind you, these two characters are hardcore gang members... Now, shall I have the dialog written in a way that presents the way the two speak, slurs and "incorrect grammar" and all? Or should I write out the dialog in 100% correct "A++ english paper turned in" with a addendum stating "spoken in gang-speak" after every line of dialog?