The flower girl speaks in a very distinct dialect, and the author, George Bernard Shaw, notes his attempt to write in the way she speaks. He says it is impossible and must be abandoned. Can you tell what the flower girl is saying in her lines before Shaw switches to Standard English? Translate these lines into Standard English to check your understanding. 1) Nah then, Freddy: look wh' y' gowin, death.
2) There's menners f' yer! Te-oo banches o voylets trod into the mad
3) Ow, eez ye-ooa san, is e? Wal, fewd dan y' de-ooty bawmz a mather should, eed now bettern to spawl a pore gel's flahrzn than ran awy atbaht pyin. Will ye-oo py me f'them?