To add on a bit more trivia:
I find it more or less a more "modernized" version of 17th to 18th century English; the most famous example I can think of is Samuel Pepys's diary. Using modern words like "has" instead of "hath", for instance, but the sentence structure and grammar is similar.
Oaths and swears tend to call upon the Twelve, but not go much farther than that. There seems to be a bit of bowdlerization.
I notice a lot of dropping of the "g" in words ending in "-ing" and such (eg "hangin'", "bloomin'"), as well as "yer" and "ye" for "your" and "you". It kind of reminds me of the more non-London areas of the UK, and possibly some accents within London as well. The sort usually stereotyped in media as "low-class".
Oaths and swears are a lot more vulgar, including calling on various bodily parts of the Twelve.
Lominsan has a lot of stereotypical pirate speak, ie West Country as performed by Robert Newton. Other than that, it bears a lot of similarity to the "Commoner's talk" mentioned above.
The Rogues' Guild slang is pretty much Thieves' Cant, watered down to be more comprehensible. You can find dictionaries of it online, or possibly in print. As with many languages, there are a zillion variations, so a term that isn't in one dictionary may be in another. The one I use is the 1811 dictionary by Francis Grose (available on Project Gutenberg, also amusingly slightly censored).
Like, I'm almost sure you can do a search-and-replace of Jacke's speech, and it will turn out to be fairly normal.
(08-02-2017, 03:57 AM)Valence Wrote: - Noble talk: not a proper accent with specific words per se, but generally very pompous and long winded. Formal and elevated.
I find it more or less a more "modernized" version of 17th to 18th century English; the most famous example I can think of is Samuel Pepys's diary. Using modern words like "has" instead of "hath", for instance, but the sentence structure and grammar is similar.
Oaths and swears tend to call upon the Twelve, but not go much farther than that. There seems to be a bit of bowdlerization.
Quote:- Commoner's talk: more or less the normal way of talking I would say. Can lean towards a more vulgar version when used by Brume people like Hilda (she swears a lot).
I notice a lot of dropping of the "g" in words ending in "-ing" and such (eg "hangin'", "bloomin'"), as well as "yer" and "ye" for "your" and "you". It kind of reminds me of the more non-London areas of the UK, and possibly some accents within London as well. The sort usually stereotyped in media as "low-class".
Oaths and swears are a lot more vulgar, including calling on various bodily parts of the Twelve.
Quote:- Sailor's talk: mostly Lominsan. Explicit. You can find a hardcore version of it at the Rogues' guild, basically, the same patterns of speach but with a specific glossary of words like "cove" and whatnot.
Lominsan has a lot of stereotypical pirate speak, ie West Country as performed by Robert Newton. Other than that, it bears a lot of similarity to the "Commoner's talk" mentioned above.
The Rogues' Guild slang is pretty much Thieves' Cant, watered down to be more comprehensible. You can find dictionaries of it online, or possibly in print. As with many languages, there are a zillion variations, so a term that isn't in one dictionary may be in another. The one I use is the 1811 dictionary by Francis Grose (available on Project Gutenberg, also amusingly slightly censored).
Like, I'm almost sure you can do a search-and-replace of Jacke's speech, and it will turn out to be fairly normal.
