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[Al Foley]

*sneaks in trying not to stand out and grabs some cider*

Stormy! *gives Ash a bear hug and pins a party hat on top of her head*

[Al Foley]

Well I managed to seriously depress myself again.  SOmeone give me something to entertain me. 

[correctamundo]

Hey part hats! *looks around for more*

[Al Foley]

Hey part hats! *looks around for more*

*gets...him one.*

[Paragonslustre]

*sneaks in trying not to stand out and grabs some cider*

 

*Throws a mug at Stormy* 

[Al Foley]

*Throws a mug at Stormy* 

[correctamundo]

Well I managed to seriously depress myself again.  SOmeone give me something to entertain me. 

 

[Al Foley]

I was hoping for something female...and not so...uh...repetitive? 

[correctamundo]

I was hoping for something female...and not so...uh...repetitive? 

 

Oki, here comes...something.

 

[Rel Fexive]

BIFF!

AAIIEEE! Not that one!

[Al Foley]

What is it with you and vacuum gifs?

[Tragedienne of Heavens]

I was hoping for something female...and not so...uh...repetitive? 

[Al Foley]

*Foley approves*

[Serza]

Did all DQers have their like amount permanently nerfed? I'd out again.

 

Anyway, a tiny spider made it in. My AK's butt failed to crush the little bastard, and well... When an AK fails at something, you resort to WMDs. I wonder if the little bosh'tet liked all the Chem.

[the Dame]

Pfft!  Call that dancing.  *clicks fingers*  Over here, baby!

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

One P.E.N.I.S.^TM kit, please 

 

I wasn't dancing, I was practicing my melee skills.

 

Yeah. We all know that Roy don't dance.... in public. 

 

 

I thought the dancing was all done. Made the mistake of going in....   NO ONE SAVED ME!!

 

But you two looked so awkward and cute together!

 

 

Pss! Rivaini! I have some pics!... Wanna see?..

 

Spoiler

 

[correctamundo]

What is it with you and vacuum gifs?

 

I need to vacuum the house and instead I am partying here!

 

[Rel Fexive]

Gah. RP (Received Pronunciation) is what the British came up with when they wanted to sound "Educated" because they were university-educated snobs. As far as I'm aware, this is way back, when university was a nobility and rich people's thing. They literally WANTED TO SOUND BETTER THAN THE COMMON FOLK.

 

Aaaand now people apparently think that Sera is stupid because she doesn't speak with the "I'm better than you" accent.

Of course, today it's a bit different and university is available to many more people (for example, I think Poodle is hardly from the top few percent of the population in terms of "being rich", AND they admitted ME to one - ME!) and RP is what they mostly try to teach the foreigners.

 

Received Pronunciation was the allegedly 'standard' way of pronouncing English, as defined by the rich and powerful types that get to decide that kind of thing around the beginning of the last century, which is why it makes people sound posh and superior.  It really came into its own as a concept with the advent of radio, and then TV, and propagated from there, really.  It's different from, say, the Estuary accent (cf the Tenth Doctor/Kilgrave) which is more the 'common' version, if you like.  Nowadays people just sound like people.

 

I do wonder if the label "received" originates from its radio usage.

 

They also complain about her views on "elfy elves" and the Verchiel March mission. How dare she interrupt the Inquisitor while they prattle on and take it into her own hands to kill that arrogant noble bastard?

Mind you I personally never experienced it and always let her kill him. I only know from whinging I've read on this forum.

 

With so many people liking the things Sera doesn't (magic, efly-ness, complete control over their companions so they have no personality of their own) she was always going to be unpopular.

 

And to be fair, if the Inky did prattle on Sera gave you fair warning of what to expect!

 

Oh, yeah. And non-native speakers seem to have problems understanding her accent, too. Hell, I even saw Americans complain they can't.

 

Yet when me, a guy who never heard of English until age 5 (of course, all kids are fluent in their native by that age) and never got serious about it until roughly age 12, hears her talk, I understand everything she says. Not only the words, but for whichever reason, the context, too. Maybe even how she feels as a character.

 

As I've said before, for me her accent is a local one, what with her VA growing up in a town a small number of miles away from where I live.  As such she sounds a bit like people I know!

[Serza]

Yeah. Still OOL.

 

But I think the "Received" bit comes from the fact it's not a natural accent, rather than an invented one.

As such, you can't be "born" with it, but you have to "receive" it (Ok, that makes as much sense as anything Cole would say, but I think you catch my drift, yeah?)

[MilesUpShore]

See? IF MILES CAN, HOW COME NATIVE SPEAKERS CAN'T.

Hell, Slavic languages are as far as you get from Germanic, and Roman languages hardly count (French influence on the tongues on the Isles since 1066 at the very least - and I'm not even talking about Danelaw and the Vikings), and I have no bloody problem. Then again, I blame talent for that particular trait. I was just born lucky.

 

If Miles can?!

I would punch your weenus if I didn't ate about a million potatoes just now and would still be able to move.

[Serza]

If Miles can?!

I would punch your weenus if I didn't ate about a million potatoes just now and would still be able to move.

 

Ahahaha!

 

*stands just out of reach*

[Paragonslustre]

If Miles can?!

I would punch your weenus if I didn't ate about a million potatoes just now and would still be able to move.

 

Spoiler

[Al Foley]

*Foley snores softly in the corner and bats at his nose* 

[Matriarch]

Good morning, DQ!

 

AND HAPPY BDAY

 

Granted I'm super new, but I'm not planning on leaving either! You guys are one amazing bunch! Always come here when I need to laugh a little. 

 

Lmao nah something stupid like a strictly demipanasexual genderfluid exploring romance.

 

Wow... I don't even know those words 

 

Granted my English skills are obvly not the best but I could understand her ust fine...most of the time. 

 

Wait, aren't you american?

 

Aaaaaand I've finished both ME and ME2 in a week. Both 100% complete. I am prepared to take on ME3 

[MilesUpShore]

Spoiler

 

*takes note to also punch Paragon's weenus as soon as mobility comes back*

[Ashaantha]

*is snoring at the bar after being knocked out by a flying mug earlier*