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[Gamer Xtreme]

I have a number of theories, but here are just three:

1. Canada took control of the North American continent after taking annexing USA and nuking mexico, they did this by genetically modifying moose into killing machines. Then, they created the alliance and pretended it was an international organisation while it was secretly run by Canadians.

2. To avoid paying higher taxes in California, the north American tv industry moved to Vancouver, and slowly everyone just started speaking like Canadians.

3. Almost everyone is actually speaking different languages, but Shepard is Canadian and owns a translator that translates everything with a Canadian accent. Anderson has one that translates everything into cockney rhyming slang.

[xiiz]

It all makes sense now.

[In Exile]

It may be the fact that I am Canadian that absolutely prevents me from hearing this, but what precisely makes Shepard (and the other VAs) sound Canadian?

[thompsmt]

Err, the voice actors are Canadian?

Modifié par thompsmt, 05 décembre 2010 - 12:32 .

[Gamer Xtreme]

In Exile wrote...

It may be the fact that I am Canadian that absolutely prevents me from hearing this, but what precisely makes Shepard (and the other VAs) sound Canadian?

Mark Meer constantly says aboot...

A lot of them do sound very Canadian.

[Giggles_Manically]

Outside of the Mackenzie brothers most Canadians do not say aboot.

[Cra5y Pineapple]

I have a theory about human history. I think at some point the East must've become a dominant infuence (hence names like Emily Wong and Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani) but at some point after that the West became dominant once more and because FTL was discovered the cultures of the world all started to merge into one.
As for accents, translators probably deal with many of those.

And could someone tell me the different between a Canadian accent and an United States of American one?

Modifié par Cra5y Pineapple, 05 décembre 2010 - 01:32 .

[pacer90]

I live in a part of Canada that has a VERY different dialect from the rest of Canada, and cannot notice a difference from American accents.

[thompsmt]

I've taken Ms. Wong as being from one of the Anglophone-Chinese communities around the world (Canada, US, Singapore).



Khalisha bint Sinan al-Jilani is just an annoying hack out to make people look bad.

[Spornicus]

It's because Bioware's Edmonton office developed ME, and probably hired actors they knew (other Canadians).

[Archereon]

It's not really much of a problem for me, as many Canadian accents are almost identical to Northeastern US accents.

[NYG1991]

yea i'm in the u.s. and didn't really notice. there were no flapping heads or hockey sticks that i saw.

[hong]

Giggles_Manically wrote...

Outside of the Mackenzie brothers most Canadians do not say aboot.

Whereas inside the Mackenzie brothers it's too dark to see?

Er, not that I'd know.

[Melindil]

Archereon wrote...

It's not really much of a problem for me, as many Canadian accents are almost identical to Northeastern US accents.

This.  I pronounce my "o" and "ou" very similarly to how many Canadians do.  I've been mistaken for Canadian elsewhere in the US.  I'm like, "No. I just live on the other side of the river."

Modifié par Melindil, 05 décembre 2010 - 04:29 .

[hong]

There was a very noticeable instance of "aboot" in Jagged Alliance 2 as well, another Canadiaian game.

[LuxDragon]

You do realize that Miranda (Yvonne) is speaking in an Aussie accent, right?

And what about Jacob? I don't hear a lick of Canadian from him.

[Berenice]

"I live in a part of Canada that has a VERY different dialect from the rest of Canada, and cannot notice a difference from American accents."



Same thing ..

[enerqy]

We need African and more European names!

[Blze001]

thompsmt wrote...
Khalisha bint Sinan al-Jilani is just an annoying hack out to make people look bad.

Since she has aal-Jilani in her name, I'd guess she's from the Ginan provence in Iran.

The literal meaning of her full name would be: Khalisha, daughter of Sinan, the Gilanian. Since she lacks the phrase "Umm (name)" in front of her formal name, she doesn't have any kids.



EDIT: Unless it's "al-Jilani" instead of "aal-Jilani", in which case "Jilani" is just her families name. I'm tired. Don't judge.

Modifié par Blze001, 05 décembre 2010 - 05:20 .

[Inquisitor Recon]

Everybody is Canadian in ME? I am noticing a distinct lack of "Eh?" and Canadianism. I think your wrong here.

[Daewan]

Why would you think the United North American States are Canadian?

[that_one_guy02]

3. Almost everyone is actually speaking different languages, but Shepard is Canadian and owns a translator that translates everything with a Canadian accent. Anderson has one that translates everything into cockney rhyming slang.

It actually says this in the codex I believe.

But what of the English speaking squadmates? I think that if you pour every native and non-native English speaking accent together into a large pot, boil for 8-10 minutes, and then let it stand in the fridge overnight, you will get a Canadian accent.

Unfortunately, I cannot test this theory as I do not have access to a Scouse accent.

[TheNexus]

You think Zaeed is Canadian?

[Siegdrifa]

Is this why there is some french word here and there?

like "dossier" (file) or "en route" (on the way / on the road).



Can we assume these words are definitly not used in USA?

[Daewan]

We speak English in the US. We don't borrow words from other languages, we follow other languages into dark alleys and beat them senseless before looting all their words and pretending they were always here.

We say dossier and en route all the time. Watch any cop show.