I read the stories to my children when they were small. I found that I often had to rephrase the wording in order for all of us to understand the story. But the lilt of the dialect was beautiful. So Jerry, I prefer the dialect, but in conveying the story to young children, I found that I had to change some words along the way.

Back in the 80's, I knew of a teacher who was severely reprimanded for making the comment "I feel like tar-baby" when sticky notes became unmanageable.