: Re: Using colloquialisms the reader may not be familiar with I'm from Ireland, most of my stories take place in Ireland, and many of my characters will speak with Irish accents and/or dialects to

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In some cases I think the Irishness of the story or character allows
for this sort of thing, and it’s stylistically important. Other times
it’s completely irrelevant but it’s just what comes naturally to me as
I’m writing. In the latter cases, is there a benefit to leaving these
sorts of things out and trying to neutralise the language (mostly for
dialogue and first person narration)? Or is there any reason I should
leave them in?

This seems simple enough:

Stylistically important? Leave it - that's your style, the reader should adapt to it.

Not stylistically important? Change it to something less colloquial - why makes things difficult or alienate a reader when it's not necessary?

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