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[AtreiyaN7]

I'm vaguely hoping for John Cleese to voice the male protagonist and for a skit involving a dead Norwegian parrot - or David Tennant to appeal to my Doctor Who-loving side. So for both male and female protagonists, I'd basically like a UK accent of some sort (although my preference would be for a straight-up British accent again).

[Potato Cat]

Tancred Of The Chantry wrote...

Given the interest by some in hoping Cassandra will be romanceable, I'd say yes. It's the Antivan/Spanish accent. It's lovely.

She's Nevarran isn't she?

[jillabender]

I think the protagonist of DA3 should have a Pennsylvania Dutch accent!

http://social.biowar...6703/6#13888019

[Pride Demon]

Elfman wrote...

Tancred Of The Chantry wrote...

Given the interest by some in hoping Cassandra will be romanceable, I'd say yes. It's the Antivan/Spanish accent. It's lovely.

She's Nevarran isn't she?

Yep. Nevarran royalty, being a Pentaghast...

That said, about the accents... Let's say Tevinter, just for gitz and shizzles (and hipster points)... 
I don't think we even ever hear a Tevinter accent... :/

[CroGamer002]

I want?
Slavic.

One that will happen?
English or Canadian.

[bleetman]

Orlesian.

The outrage would nourish me for decades.

[RosaAquafire]

What the hell is all this talk about a "neutrel" accent? There's no such thing man. An American accent is an American accent, and that breaks down into New English, Boston, Southern, Midwestern, and Californian. Canadians also have their own accent, and Maritimers, Newfoundlanders, Torontonians, Westerners, and Vancouverites also have their own accent. The idea of a North American accent being a lack of an accent is xenocentric. If anything, we have an EGREGIOUS accent, because it's so wildly different from the true English accent, the accent used in England. But wait! Londoners, cockney, posh, Northerners, Scots, Welsh ... could it be that English accents ALSO have a wide variety? Holy crap!

There is NO SUCH THING as a "neutrel" accent. Every accent is an accent. If you want an American accent, say you want an American accent. Damn.

[Sylvius the Mad]

Fast Jimmy wrote...

The REALLY silly thing about this whole conversation is that if our character is a native Orlesian and the game is set in Orlais, chances are we will be speaking to tons of other native Orlesians... so why the heck would they still be speaking the Common tongue? Wouldn't two natives of a country, just talking to one another, be talking their native language?

It seems silly to me. Unless we are going to assume everyone who has an Orlesian accent is secretly speaking Orlesian... but then, can we assume if we have a Ferelden native in our party like Cullen, that they understand everything that is being said? Will everyone become bi-lingual all of a sudden, just like everyone became bi-sexual?


Personally (and this is the RPG/PnP fan in me), I'd rather see a character that only spoke the Common tongue and then had a background, where they could be from Orlais (and be able to speak Orlesian), Tevinter (in which case you speak Arcanum) or Ferelden (in which case you only speak Common, but may get another skill/bonus that cancels this out, or even you get a free language point to spend to learn another language). Then you could also have other languages you could learn, like Dalish, Ancient Dwarven, Rivani, Antivaan, Kossith, etc.

This would open up extra dialogue options, quests and information, as you would be able to overhear different things in other languages, where before, your character would be unable to understand what was being said.

Didn't mean to get things quite so sidetracked, but I think that would be a much better way of handling languages than giving us a locked-down Orlesian who, for some reason, is always speaking Common (English), even though the are in Orlais (France).

Why do you think they don't speak Common in Orlais?  Yes, they speak with an accent, but that doesn't mean they speak some other language.

People from Gloucester sound very different from people from Wessex, even though they both speak English as a first language.  People from Winnipeg sound very different from people from Nashville, even though they both speak English as a first language.

Is there some source that tells us that Orlesians don't speak Common, or are you just assuming that because they sound French, and the source of French accents in the real world is the French language?

Modifié par Sylvius the Mad, 12 novembre 2012 - 07:11 .

[Fast Jimmy]

^

We are told Orlesian is its own language. Orlesians (like Leliana) occasionally make remarks or say words in another language (we assume Orlesian) which we do not understand, but which are actually French in our world.

I guess you could assume that Orlesian is just the Common tongue with an accent and a few random words that sound nothing like the Common tongue... but you know what they say about assuming...?

EDIT: As far as my source, please refer to the Dragon Age Wiki quote Inposted in the previous page. I would post it again, but its a little tricky from my phone. It summarizes nicely all of the languages and how they work, and then each nations individual link has more information, usually under Culture headings. 

Modifié par Fast Jimmy, 12 novembre 2012 - 07:47 .

[Newschmoo]

AtreiyaN7 wrote...

I'm vaguely hoping for John Cleese to voice the male protagonist and for a skit involving a dead Norwegian parrot - or David Tennant to appeal to my Doctor Who-loving side. So for both male and female protagonists, I'd basically like a UK accent of some sort (although my preference would be for a straight-up British accent again).

David Tennant would be ideal.  I love his voice (but then I too am a Doctor Who fan!)

[Newschmoo]

Re David Tennant, I would prefer his natural Scottish accent. It's rather lovely!

[Mello]

Mesina2 wrote...

I want?
Slavic.

One that will happen?
English or Canadian.

This. 

[TMZuk]

I think the guy that voiced the protagonist in DA:O had a terrific accent.

[FaWa]

TMZuk wrote...

I think the guy that voiced the protagonist in DA:O had a terrific accent.

lol

[Chaos Lord Malek]

Obviously Orlesians. Maybe not as much as Isolde, but definitely Orlesian!

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

AtreiyaN7 wrote...

I'm vaguely hoping for John Cleese to voice the male protagonist and for a skit involving a dead Norwegian parrot - or David Tennant to appeal to my Doctor Who-loving side. So for both male and female protagonists, I'd basically like a UK accent of some sort (although my preference would be for a straight-up British accent again).

I'm all in favour of John Cleese (or any of the other living ex-Pythons) lending their voices to characters in this game; the involvment of Michael Palin and/or Terry Jones is a Spanish Inquisition joke just waiting to happen, only swap "Spanish" for "Orlesian" or "Antivan".

I loved John's performance as Sir Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom in Jade Empire!

[Siibi]

No Orlesian please...I hate that.

[daffl5]

it should depend on the character background. like if i choose say a mercenary background i would want a thick ferelden accent symbolizing tough and rough. but for female noble i'd want sweet orlesian

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

Modifié par The Teryn of Whatever, 13 novembre 2012 - 03:34 .

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

daffl5 wrote...

it should depend on the character background. like if i choose say a mercenary background i would want a thick ferelden accent symbolizing tough and rough. but for female noble i'd want sweet orlesian

If you think BioWare's going to give us a fully-voiced protagonist for different backgrounds, you are dreaming in Technicolor. We'll be getting exactly two voice-actors: one male, one female.

If we're lucky neither will sound like what I imagine this guy would sound like speaking English:


However if our character is Orlesian but the male version sounds like:

Vincent Cassel

and the female sounds like her:

Sophie Marceau

I won't have any problems with it. I'm anti-silly, outrageous comedy French accents for the protagonist, not a francophobe who just hates French people/ culture.

Modifié par The Teryn of Whatever, 13 novembre 2012 - 03:49 .

[PsychoBlonde]

Zkyire wrote...

Accent-neutral as always.

Helps bond with the PC.

The trouble is that accent-neutral depends on where you're from.  I'd prefer American Midwestern myself.  Hopefully not too nasal or twangy.

[DPSSOC]

NUM13ER wrote...

DPSSOC...
It's xenophobic to find a particular sound annoying now? Sweet, I can now defend any and all Canadian music by declaring people who don't like it xenophobic.

Ah, referring to another persons accent as a "particular sound" is probably not helping your case.

 
I don't see why not.  It removes the accent from any cultural or ethnic bias and simply looks at it in terms of whether or not the sound is enjoyed.  I absolutely love the bag pipes but can't stand the sound of a picollo for example.

I don't have anything against the French, I probably should my ethnic background is English/German and I was born and raised in Souther Ontario if anybody hates the French it should be me, it's a purely aesthetic thing.

NUM13ER wrote...
My comment was directed towards some of the more blatant xenophobia and even occasional racist undertones regarding french accents/culture on the BSN. If certain people don't like French accents and it turns out the PC is Orlesian then they're S.O.L. I merely expressed I would be quite happy with that possiblity.

Fair enough and I would be one of those S.O.L. individuals.  Though I could always just buy a French version of the game.  Bless you Language Laws you're finally of use to me.