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[Noir201]

mochen wrote...

North London accent here but I don't live there. In fact in the UK its all mixed up now anyway, there are people living near me with with yorkshire accents, brummie accents, geordie accents even glaswegian which I find nearly impossible to understand.

Yorkshire accent, but most people think i don't sound like that, job i did few months ago, had scotish, spanish, welsh and so on, it's hard to understand untill you watch out for a set way the speech comes out, use too be even harder in a nightclub setting and you're hearing music in background when trying to serve somebody, and the accent is so hard to understand, worse when most are drunk

[TheDayWarden]

Brummie accent here, I'm ashamed of it though!

[Ferretinabun]

Lol, I know an Indian girl with a Brummie accent. Funny combo.

[IRMcGhee]

errant_knight wrote...

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.

That's correct, he's from Bishopbriggs near Glasgow . I'm from the same part of the world in fact (no, I haven't met him and no, I don't sound like him:)). Curiously, I've never heard him speak with other than an English accent, wonder if he moved down South when he was a child ?

Modifié par IRMcGhee, 18 novembre 2010 - 02:08 .

[errant_knight]

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".

We, as in everyone I've ever heard commenting on Canadian actors who appear regularly on American television. One might be specific, if one desires, or one might just talk about his/her Canadian accent. Just because you prefer to be specific, doesn't make it wrong to speak more generally. A Texan is still an American, after all.

[maxernst]

errant_knight wrote...

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".

We, as in everyone I've ever heard commenting on Canadian actors who appear regularly on American television. One might be specific, if one desires, or one might just talk about his/her Canadian accent. Just because you prefer to be specific, doesn't make it wrong to speak more generally. A Texan is still an American, after all.

i think part of that is that with the exception of Newfoundlanders,some Nova Scotians, and (of course) French Canadians, the differences between regions in Canada are quite difficult to recognize.  Yes, because of where I grew up, I can recognize an Ottawa valley accent, but you really need to know it.  You need a population living in an area for a long time and Canada's history is so short and its population so mobile, our regional accents are weak. 

[errant_knight]

maxernst wrote...

errant_knight wrote...

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".

We, as in everyone I've ever heard commenting on Canadian actors who appear regularly on American television. One might be specific, if one desires, or one might just talk about his/her Canadian accent. Just because you prefer to be specific, doesn't make it wrong to speak more generally. A Texan is still an American, after all.

i think part of that is that with the exception of Newfoundlanders,some Nova Scotians, and (of course) French Canadians, the differences between regions in Canada are quite difficult to recognize.  Yes, because of where I grew up, I can recognize an Ottawa valley accent, but you really need to know it.  You need a population living in an area for a long time and Canada's history is so short and its population so mobile, our regional accents are weak. 

 Heh, I don't know if you've watched Haven, but those folks from Maine sure sound like the maritimes. I can hear a clear difference between many of the other provinces though, particularly between Ontario and the prairie provinces. BC is a little different, too. But we all sound like Canadians of one kind or another.

[Maria13]

I'd agree it's a southern English accent but it certainly ain't estuarry Inglish like mine... His enunciation is crystal clear. Listen to him say "Swooping is bad" a few times... But it's not a posh English accent either, I'd say it's a beautiful hybrid, southern English entonation and inflexion with perfect enunciation... Oy!

[Marvin_Arnold]

Glad the thread is back on DA:O track...

I'm not from Britain, but I'm very interested in British accents. The Quartermaster's (at Ostagar) is West Country, isn't it?

And what accent does Ser Gilmore have? (the original, not the "voiced NPC" mod) It's very distinct and I have heard it a lot elsewhere, but I can't place it - sounds vaguely Celtic, but neither Welsh nor Scottish or Irish to me...

[Gabey5]

Ferretinabun wrote...

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

extremely

[Moondoggie]

Marvin_Arnold wrote...

Glad the thread is back on DA:O track...
I'm not from Britain, but I'm very interested in British accents. The Quartermaster's (at Ostagar) is West Country, isn't it?
And what accent does Ser Gilmore have? (the original, not the "voiced NPC" mod) It's very distinct and I have heard it a lot elsewhere, but I can't place it - sounds vaguely Celtic, but neither Welsh nor Scottish or Irish to me...

Sounds kinda Northern to me but a very clean spoken version of it. Northern person speaking poshly is my guess somewhere around Lancashire.

Modifié par Moondoggie, 18 novembre 2010 - 10:32 .

[Maria13]

It's probably the wonderful training of our luuvies, they can do the accents perfectly but then throw on top extremely clear diction...

[Catspaw]

He actually sounds like a friend of mine. Thanks for the information on the actor. I've been wondering. I've almost called my friend "Alistair" a few times on the phone. Talk about bleeding over into the "real world"!

[Merchant2006]

It's an English Accent. Durrrr.



But you have dozens of accents here in the UK. Londoner's can speak like that, so can people from the North. So I'd just classify it as English. Lol @ people who think it's probably South Effriiikenn.

[Marvin_Arnold]

Moondoggie wrote...

Marvin_Arnold wrote...

Glad the thread is back on DA:O track...
I'm not from Britain, but I'm very interested in British accents. The Quartermaster's (at Ostagar) is West Country, isn't it?
And what accent does Ser Gilmore have? (the original, not the "voiced NPC" mod) It's very distinct and I have heard it a lot elsewhere, but I can't place it - sounds vaguely Celtic, but neither Welsh nor Scottish or Irish to me...

Sounds kinda Northern to me but a very clean spoken version of it. Northern person speaking poshly is my guess somewhere around Lancashire.

Thanks, Moondoggie.

Thinking of it, can anyone classify Levi Dryden's accent (from Warden's Keep DLC)? It's also very strong. Or is that the same one?

Modifié par Marvin_Arnold, 18 novembre 2010 - 12:39 .

[Moondoggie]

Marvin_Arnold wrote...

Moondoggie wrote...

Marvin_Arnold wrote...

Glad the thread is back on DA:O track...
I'm not from Britain, but I'm very interested in British accents. The Quartermaster's (at Ostagar) is West Country, isn't it?
And what accent does Ser Gilmore have? (the original, not the "voiced NPC" mod) It's very distinct and I have heard it a lot elsewhere, but I can't place it - sounds vaguely Celtic, but neither Welsh nor Scottish or Irish to me...

Sounds kinda Northern to me but a very clean spoken version of it. Northern person speaking poshly is my guess somewhere around Lancashire.

Thanks, Moondoggie.

Thinking of it, can anyone classify Levi Dryden's accent (from Warden's Keep DLC)? It's also very strong. Or is that the same one?

I had to find a clip to remember what Levi sounds like he has the more rough accent like a cockney or East End of London type thing. You hear a lot of those accents in Danny Dyer films

[SRWill64]

Ferretinabun wrote...

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

They did in WoW and it worked really well...lol

[SRWill64]

I wish I knew someone who spoke like that all the time...I do know someone who can copy his accent perfectly, though...lol

[Addai]

SV sounds more working-class London in Crossing Jordan. Alistair strikes me as more of a standard BBC. Oh, and *melts*.  

Modifié par Addai67, 18 novembre 2010 - 04:05 .

[LPain]

Aldandil wrote...

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

I don't remember any Irish accents in Awakening. There is one actor in Origins playing multiple roles of course who speaks with mixture Irish accent but I don't remember any in Awakening. What have I missed?

[Marvin_Arnold]

Moondoggie wrote...

Marvin_Arnold wrote...

Moondoggie wrote...

Marvin_Arnold wrote...

Glad the thread is back on DA:O track...
I'm not from Britain, but I'm very interested in British accents. The Quartermaster's (at Ostagar) is West Country, isn't it?
And what accent does Ser Gilmore have? (the original, not the "voiced NPC" mod) It's very distinct and I have heard it a lot elsewhere, but I can't place it - sounds vaguely Celtic, but neither Welsh nor Scottish or Irish to me...

Sounds kinda Northern to me but a very clean spoken version of it. Northern person speaking poshly is my guess somewhere around Lancashire.

Thanks, Moondoggie.

Thinking of it, can anyone classify Levi Dryden's accent (from Warden's Keep DLC)? It's also very strong. Or is that the same one?

I had to find a clip to remember what Levi sounds like he has the more rough accent like a cockney or East End of London type thing. You hear a lot of those accents in Danny Dyer films

"The nyme is Levi, Levi Droyden." Yes, I thought about some London accent, but then, I am easily mistaken.

And here's a Gilmore sample  It's these sentences that made me wonder.

Thanks a lot.

Modifié par Marvin_Arnold, 18 novembre 2010 - 09:22 .

[Ferretinabun]

Levi's a Londoner. Not far off cockney really (what Dick Van ****** was aiming for in Mary Poppins).

Gilmore's a bit more vague. Not quite as well enunciated as Alistair but pretty much the same region, I'd say. A fairly generic Southern (by which I mean, South Eastern) English dialect.

Ines the botanist from Awakening has a Lancastrian accent. (from 3.20)

[andysdead]

Ferretinabun wrote...


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.

I have noticed the same thing.