(06-11-2013, 10:58 AM)Manari Wrote:(06-10-2013, 05:22 PM)Aysun Wrote:(06-09-2013, 11:28 PM)Manari Wrote: She speaks with a traditional miqo'te accent, if such a thing exists. Â They say their words in a way only Miqo'te can pronounce, so I assume that it does exist.
I wouldn't call that an accent really, rather just having the ability produce the extra sounds described in the naming conventions thread (the hiss/spit 'h' for example), because she is Miqo'te. Though since her tribe seems to be separated from Gridania and other Keeper tribes, I bet they have their own accent that they're not even aware of since they speak what is probably their own variant of the old language. (OT, just got me musing.)
I don't think I ever have seen anything from NPCs or lore stating that Miqo'te, or any other race for that matter, have or had their own language, so I'm pretty sure I might have just assumed on that one. Â But it made sense that a culture as different as Miqo'te, along with the fact that we know they migrated from a place that wasn't connected to Eorzea by land all made me kind of guess that them having their own unique language made sense.
I never did really figure out a way to RP Manari having an accent because I have no idea what this accent could even sound like. Â I love the idea of it though, and I'd like to bring it out a bit more in ARR when Manari will be returning to her roots anyway. Â I would really like to find some way to implement a subtle accent with her. Â I'm not sure how to even RP the hissing either. Â I feel like something like that might get annoying if I RPed it constantly. Â Hmmm.... Â I'm going to have to think on this more.
I would not even try with the hissspitthing, tbh.. the "h" in words implies they're pronouncing it differently because Manari's a Miqo'te. Doesn't mean you have to do anything in game with your text, it's just.. assumed.
I also think it is implied that there was an old language for Miqo'te (and likely the other races too, considering), even if there's no hard lore on it yet, just by the naming conventions. It's rather hard to RP in accent imo to begin with, without ending up talking like the sailors in Limsa, but Manari has a "style" of speaking that is her own already, so I wouldn't worry about defining an accent
/OT
