“The Tankies”

“Garth Ennis writing war stories is an excellent idea.

I’m not a huge fan of eye dialect, which is used in this book throughout.

What’s eye dialect?

It’s when words are spelled differently so that, if you read them out loud, you’d be talking sort of like the person speaking. Like typing “fookin” when your character would pronounce “fucking” that way.

It’s why I’ve never read Irvine Welsh. I can’t hang with it. It’s just…irritating to me.

I think because it constantly reminds me that I’m reading a story. Instead of floating on my back in the sea, I’m swimming laps in a pool, know what I mean?”