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[Viper371]

England, actually. She lives there.

ah, thanks

[k3ttch]

Erm, Sera sounds like a stereotypical UK "chav". She says innit fgs. Not remotely american.

 

It's one of the reasons I really really dislike her, I don't think they should have done that. 

 

That explains the plaidweave on her default armor and in-base costume.  Someone should mod her texture so it turns into Burberry check.

[Nightdragon8]

as much as you all are complaining, I would invite you to go back to DA:O and DA2... its a vast improvement. In fact it doesn't even give me a headahce.

 

So BW thank you.

 

All the rest of you please... just stop... just stop... and all you saying "Americain Accent" please, just stop, you have no idea what you are talking about, just like we have no idea what you are talking about.

 

There are at least 11 differnt accents for "Americans" Unless you are talking about the one news anchors and the like use. And the ever shrinking Middle class.

[No-one...\o/]

I love Cassandra's accent. Could listen to that all day.
And I always felt Mother Giselle's accent sounded as if everything she said had weight. Dunno, worked for me.

Orlais was a pleasure for my ear for the biggest part. Especially Celene and the Assassin from the House of Repose, I loved them.

Might be interesting to note: I'm a native German speaker and I enjoy French accent in both English and German so yeah dunno. It's kinda attractive here ;D

And on a side note: I don't mind if anyone (mostly in movies) does a fake German accent no matter how good or bad it is, the only thing I can't stand is when they hire English speakers to speak German sentences that end up so badly pronounced that I can't understand what they are supposed to say. That is truly horrid!

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

All the rest of you please... just stop... just stop... and all you saying "Americain Accent" please, just stop, you have no idea what you are talking about

 

Telling people to stop talking about accents in a thread about accents? Good luck with that.

 

And the American accent being referred to in DA:I is specific to the voice actors performing the specific characters, and it is, indeed, appropriate to call it an American accent. If someone decided to say "Canadian accent," I wouldn't be bothered by that, but in the international community, it's expected that although the two "neutral" accents are nearly indistinguishable to them, that American is the default assumption between the two.

[Gaz83]

The worst is the divine.  Sounds like a caricature or impression. It's like being smacked round the head with a baguette.

 

"Soombody elp meee!".

 

I always skip her dialogue now. 

[rda]

Since you're obviously such an accent expert, tell me where I'm from, based on this.
 

Well, this wasn't addressed initially to me, but I'll take a silly wild guess, because I'm curious.

I'd say you're a non-native English speaker, though your English is very good. I'm guessing you either have a British English parent or have lived in Britain. As for your native language, I'm not entirely sure, but an Eastern European language that has Russian influence (like Macedonian, for example.)

So that's my wild guess, how far off am I?

[rda]

Telling people to stop talking about accents in a thread about accents? Good luck with that.
 
And the American accent being referred to in DA:I is specific to the voice actors performing the specific characters, and it is, indeed, appropriate to call it an American accent. If someone decided to say "Canadian accent," I wouldn't be bothered by that, but in the international community, it's expected that although the two "neutral" accents are nearly indistinguishable to them, that American is the default assumption between the two.

AFAIK, Canadian accents can be distinguished from American accent because of certain way of pronouncing vowels. You can tell it in some of Laidlaw's streams. The classic example is Canadians pronouncing about with the "ou" pronounced like the "oo" in boot. Whereas the majority of Americans would pronounce about with the "ou" sounding like the "ou" in ouch.

[Gaz83]

Russian influence (like Macedonian, for example.)

 

Sounds Scandinavian to me. 

[rda]

Sounds Scandinavian to me.

Hopefully the poster comes back and tells us!

[Solbranthius]

I find the use of distinct accents to be very refreshing. Celene, Cassandra, Gaspard and Florianne sound absolutely brilliant - as do many other minor and major characters throughout the game. After playing other RPG's over the years where halfhearted attempts at accents are attempted I'm very pleased with DA:I's work.

[Wissenschaft 2.0]

But Miranda is voiced by an Australian. How can you complain about an Australian actress' Australian accent?

 

The same way people complain about Leliana's accent being fake french when her VA is a french woman using her own accent. Admittedly, her accent is likely changed from time spent in England but still such an accent is perfect for Leliana given her time spent in Fereleden.

[XxPrincess(x)ThreatxX]

I wish people wouldn't dismiss Sera's accent as a "annoying chav" accent, i have a similar voice & it kinda irritates me when people imply that any non southern english dialects are somehow common or stupid sounding

[Wissenschaft 2.0]

Funny, southern english dialect is discriminated against. Apparently the dialect of ignorant people, so many people have chosen to lose their accent when working else where in the US.

[rda]

I wish people wouldn't dismiss Sera's accent as a "annoying chav" accent, i have a similar voice & it kinda irritates me when people imply that any non southern english dialects are somehow common or stupid sounding

Mind if I ask a question?

I live in the USA, and with the advent of mass-media in the last few decades, regional accents here have been greatly toned down. I live in the South, and the only people you run into with very thick Southern accents are the elderly. Other than that, people speak with a bit of "twang" I guess, and there are some regional colloquialisms, but the true thick Southern accent has largely disappeared except, as I said, in the very elderly or in the very rural/poor/isolated.

The same type thing has happened with other thick accents in the USA as well.

Has the same thing happened in the UK, or are the accents as divided as ever?

[XxPrincess(x)ThreatxX]

Mind if I ask a question?

I live in the USA, and with the advent of mass-media in the last few decades, regional accents here have been greatly toned down. I live in the South, and the only people you run into with very thick Southern accents are the elderly. Other than that, people speak with a bit of "twang" I guess, and there are some regional colloquialisms, but the true thick Southern accent has largely disappeared except, as I said, in the very elderly or in the very rural/poor/isolated.

The same type thing has happened with other thick accents in the USA as well.

Has the same thing happened in the UK, or are the accents as divided as ever?

Id say is still divided here, i only have to travel 20 miles away & hear strong accents that are very different from mine

[Wulfram]

Perfectly genuine accents aren't immune from being exaggerated.

I didn't mind the accents in DA:I. Though Cassandra will probably end up causing problems for future Nevarran characters unless they just decide to forget about it.

[Oswin]

I wish people wouldn't dismiss Sera's accent as a "annoying chav" accent, i have a similar voice & it kinda irritates me when people imply that any non southern english dialects are somehow common or stupid sounding

 

I know your pain. I'm from the West Country. We aren't all farmers.

 

I swear I heard some people in Crestwood village who sounded like they're were from round 'ere. I do enjoy hearing my local dialect in games (Magerold in Dark Souls 2  ) even though it is dreadful. Ha, so dreadful and all kinds of unsexy. But it makes me feel at home. I'm wonder how many would think it was fake or exaggerated.

 

Although I'm with everyone on Mother Giselle. I found talking to her for long periods of time to be a bit of a chore.

Also (and I did a rant about this guy in the Solas thread when I was losing my mind) the guy who does the yelling in the cages at Emprise Du Lion. "Get us out!" "you must help us, they'll turn us into those things!" Never have I wanted to leave someone to die so much. Annoying voice and annoyingly yelling at me ENDLESSLY whilst I was trying to fight off red templars.

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

AFAIK, Canadian accents can be distinguished from American accent because of certain way of pronouncing vowels. You can tell it in some of Laidlaw's streams. The classic example is Canadians pronouncing about with the "ou" pronounced like the "oo" in boot. Whereas the majority of Americans would pronounce about with the "ou" sounding like the "ou" in ouch.

 

Yes, but you'll find that even most Canadians can't tell the difference!

 

(Americans have no trouble distinguishing, from my experience.)

 

Edit: And we don't pronounce it "oo" as in "boot," that's a myth. We pronounce out "ow" as opposed to "aw."

[rda]

Yes, but you'll find that even most Canadians can't tell the difference!
 
(Americans have no trouble distinguishing, from my experience.)

Really? Canadians can't hear the difference?

Well, learn something new every day.

[Serza]

Well, this wasn't addressed initially to me, but I'll take a silly wild guess, because I'm curious.

I'd say you're a non-native English speaker, though your English is very good. I'm guessing you either have a British English parent or have lived in Britain. As for your native language, I'm not entirely sure, but an Eastern European language that has Russian influence (like Macedonian, for example.)

So that's my wild guess, how far off am I?

 

Yes, I am not a native speaker.

No, I do not have a British parent.

No, I have never been in Britain - or any English speaking country.

My native is not eastern-european, but it is the western slavic branch. Close enough.

Russian is... similar enough. If I hear Russian, I may be able to recognize a word or two, even without the years of looking up a word every now and then.

 

Sounds Scandinavian to me. 

 

Not even remotely.

[rda]

Yes, I am not a native speaker.
No, I do not have a British parent.
No, I have never been in Britain - or any English speaking country.
My native is not eastern-european, but it is the western slavic branch. Close enough.
Russian is... similar enough. If I hear Russian, I may be able to recognize a word or two, even without the years of looking up a word every now and then.
 

 
Not even remotely.

Well, let me congratulate you on your English. Most people I know haven't achieved that level of proficiency without having been to an English-speaking country or having an English speaking parent.

[Serza]

Well, let me congratulate you on your English. Most people I know haven't achieved that level of proficiency without having been to an English-speaking country or having an English speaking parent.

 

Thanks.

 

But it still doesn't mean I get my college degree without being a professors' b*tch for a few years.

And THAT kinda bollocks is what matters in this system. Not your skill, but a piece of paper.

[rda]

Thanks.
 
But it still doesn't mean I get my college degree without being a professors' b*tch for a few years.
And THAT kinda bollocks is what matters in this system. Not your skill, but a piece of paper.

Unfortunately, it is the same all over.

[Serza]

Unfortunately, it is the same all over.

 

Aye. 'Tis a sad fact.