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[joyoon]

Just wondering what accent he had. It doesn't sound British....

[metatheurgist]

Steve Valentine. Sounds like he normally does on TV. I assume it's his natural accent.

[Ferretinabun]

??

It is British. To be precise, it's southern English - or a British RP dialect. As a Brit I'm a stickler for people who put on British accents and don't do them well. But Alistair's is flawless. I assume it's his natural accent too.



Any lines in particular don't sound British to you? Bear in mind 'British' covers quite a broad range of accents from West Country, Welsh, scouse, Lancastrian, Geordie, Scottish, Midlands, southern and cockney, to name a few.



Quite a lot of English accents in the game generally, actually. Morrigan, Arl Eamon, Anora, Loghain, Wynne, First Enchanter, Gregor, Witherfang/Lady...



In fact it is a secret niggle of mine that Morrigan has an English accent while Flemeth, presumably the only other person she has ever known growing up, has quite a deep American one.

[Phoenix_Jackson]

Ooohhh! I know this guy from Crossing Jordan. I like him. But... now I'm scared of talking to Alistair 'cause whenever I do, "Nigel's" face keeps popping in my head.



Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the people of Great Britain don't all have the same accent.

[Marvin_Arnold]

As Ferretinabun said, there's a wide variety of accents in Britain. (As in every country)

They used English accents for (all?) Fereldan humans, since Ferelden is kind of modeled after medieval England. (I don't think there are Welsh or Scottish accents in DA:O...) Whereas dwarfs and elfs speak with a more American accent. (which was considered "neutral" by the designers. Apparently, they tried German accents for the dwarfs, but didn't like them)

I always have to laugh at the deep American (southern?) drawl of the Dalish origin keeper.

Modifié par Marvin_Arnold, 17 novembre 2010 - 11:13 .

[Ferretinabun]

Thank God they didn't go with Scottish for the Dwarves. How cheesey would that have been?

[Aldandil]

A lot of people in Awakening seem to speak with an Irish accent. Must be the dialect of Amaranthine.

[Ferretinabun]

Do they? Who has an Irish accent?

[Marvin_Arnold]

Oirish? I have to get Awakening...!

[Itkovian]

Judging from my wife's reaction, I think he speaks the sweet honeysuckle and frolicking puppies dialect.

Itkovian

[errant_knight]

Itkovian wrote...

Judging from my wife's reaction, I think he speaks the sweet honeysuckle and frolicking puppies dialect.
Itkovian

She's not alone. Actually, I think Steve Valentine is Scottish, but he can do a wide variety of accents perfectly, and that's an English one there.

Modifié par errant_knight, 17 novembre 2010 - 05:30 .

[lynx59]

Ever heard DAVID TENNANT as Dr WHO speaking he sounds very English, he is in fact Scottish and normally speaks with a strong Scottish accent, so presumably the people they get to voice various npc's have the same ability.

[Noir201]

It's English/United Kingdom accent to be correct/picky



A accent most woman love all around the world, *prowd to be british *

[Loerwyn]

Noir201 wrote...

It's English/United Kingdom accent to be correct/picky

A accent most woman love all around the world, *prowd to be british *

There's no such thing as an English accent, and there's certainly no such thing as a "United Kingdom accent". Even Scottish accents vary in strength, with the more southerly accents in Scotland being the least "harsh" and they get stronger as you go North.

I'm in Yorkshire, and my accent isn't a Yorkshire accent. It's a mixture of enunciated Yorkshire and Kentish (Medway region). Accents are a very tricky thing, but there's no more an "English accent" than an "American accent".

Modifié par OnlyShallow89, 17 novembre 2010 - 07:05 .

[errant_knight]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

Noir201 wrote...

It's English/United Kingdom accent to be correct/picky

A accent most woman love all around the world, *prowd to be british *

There's no such thing as an English accent, and there's certainly no such thing as a "United Kingdom accent". Even Scottish accents vary in strength, with the more southerly accents in Scotland being the least "harsh" and they get stronger as you go North.

I'm in Yorkshire, and my accent isn't a Yorkshire accent. It's a mixture of enunciated Yorkshire and Kentish (Medway region). Accents are a very tricky thing, but there's no more an "English accent" than an "American accent".

We consider all Canadian accents to be Canadian, even if they can be subdivided into regional variations. All accents within a country are accents of that country, and can be described as such.

[Loerwyn]

errant_knight wrote...
We consider all Canadian accents to be Canadian, even if they can be subdivided into regional variations. All accents within a country are accents of that country, and can be described as such.

Who's "we"?

I wouldn't say someone from Texas had an American accent, it's a Texan accent (And even then, it's probably likely that different regions have differing accents), just as I wouldn't say someone from Birmingham (In England) had an English accent. Accents are way too broad in nature to be combined under one "heading".

[Noir201]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

Noir201 wrote...

It's English/United Kingdom accent to be correct/picky

A accent most woman love all around the world, *prowd to be british *

There's no such thing as an English accent, and there's certainly no such thing as a "United Kingdom accent". Even Scottish accents vary in strength, with the more southerly accents in Scotland being the least "harsh" and they get stronger as you go North.

I'm in Yorkshire, and my accent isn't a Yorkshire accent. It's a mixture of enunciated Yorkshire and Kentish (Medway region). Accents are a very tricky thing, but there's no more an "English accent" than an "American accent".

God i wasn't even being serious, get off my back will you.

[Loerwyn]

Dear God, you're paranoid.

[Norskatt]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

errant_knight wrote...
We consider all Canadian accents to be Canadian, even if they can be subdivided into regional variations. All accents within a country are accents of that country, and can be described as such.

Who's "we"?

I wouldn't say someone from Texas had an American accent, it's a Texan accent (And even then, it's probably likely that different regions have differing accents), just as I wouldn't say someone from Birmingham (In England) had an English accent. Accents are way too broad in nature to be combined under one "heading".

I'm from the US & we (as in most Americans) wouldn't classify our accents by states in which we live. We'd generally classify them by the region. IE: Northern, Southern etc.. There are a few exceptions... It would be proper to say someone has a Boston accent or a Californian accent... but to say Texan isn't something we'd do really. We'd just call it 'Southern'

Modifié par Norskatt, 17 novembre 2010 - 07:32 .

[Amedyr]

I agree with both OS's and Norskatt's posts. OS, yours makes sense when you're speaking from inside the country. Then it's reasonable to speak of all the different speech patterns in each region.

Norskatt, you're talking about how people from other countries single out accents. If you're from a different country, then a Nort-American person's accent will be identifiable as North-American, no matter what region he/she is from.

Modifié par Amedyr, 17 novembre 2010 - 07:43 .

[Loerwyn]

Norskatt wrote...
I'm from the US & we (as in most Americans) wouldn't classify our accents by states in which we live. We'd generally classify them by the region. IE: Northern, Southern etc.. There are a few exceptions... It would be proper to say someone has a Boston accent or a Californian accent... but to say Texan isn't something we'd do really. We'd just call it 'Southern'

I agree the way accents are described is regional (Or at least, that's what I believe your point to be), but my point was more along the lines of there is no single "English accent" that one can possess and that it's a massive generalisation to claim there is one due to the massive diversity in accents. A South-Scottish accent would be totally different to a Birmingham accent, and to class both as "British" is like saying tomatoes and apples are similar because they're both fruit, when in fact they're rather different.

[Bann Duncan]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

Norskatt wrote...
I'm from the US & we (as in most Americans) wouldn't classify our accents by states in which we live. We'd generally classify them by the region. IE: Northern, Southern etc.. There are a few exceptions... It would be proper to say someone has a Boston accent or a Californian accent... but to say Texan isn't something we'd do really. We'd just call it 'Southern'

I agree the way accents are described is regional (Or at least, that's what I believe your point to be), but my point was more along the lines of there is no single "English accent" that one can possess and that it's a massive generalisation to claim there is one due to the massive diversity in accents. A South-Scottish accent would be totally different to a Birmingham accent, and to class both as "British" is like saying tomatoes and apples are similar because they're both fruit, when in fact they're rather different.

/thread

Seriously though. Try talking to a chav, and then let me know what percent you can understand

[Loerwyn]

Bann Duncan wrote...
Seriously though. Try talking to a chav, and then let me know what percent you can understand

ere mate wtf u on bout stfu u dont no nuffink aight? i aint done nuffink mate so shaddap or ill stik ya. got a cig, ave ya mate? ill buy one off ya for 20p! No? ur mom's fat, u no, rite?

[Norskatt]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

Norskatt wrote...
I'm from the US & we (as in most Americans) wouldn't classify our accents by states in which we live. We'd generally classify them by the region. IE: Northern, Southern etc.. There are a few exceptions... It would be proper to say someone has a Boston accent or a Californian accent... but to say Texan isn't something we'd do really. We'd just call it 'Southern'

I agree the way accents are described is regional (Or at least, that's what I believe your point to be), but my point was more along the lines of there is no single "English accent" that one can possess and that it's a massive generalisation to claim there is one due to the massive diversity in accents. A South-Scottish accent would be totally different to a Birmingham accent, and to class both as "British" is like saying tomatoes and apples are similar because they're both fruit, when in fact they're rather different.

Yeah...but when in doubt just call it [insert country name here] accent