Eorzea's Accents

[Arkghyom]

Accents. Welp, I used the most obvious thing: vocal cut scenes. I consider most Eorzeans to have some sort of English accent, with an undertone of where they're from. Limsa is most obviously different, where as Gridania can seem more formal, and Ul'dah is somewhere in the middle.

 

Of course, education and social status have sooo much influence on this.

 

It does.

[Michikyou]

Miah Molkot.

Change any word ending with 'ow' to 'eow'

 

*scorns his possible IC cousins name*

[Fen]

I'll admit, I've not gotten terribly far in the story, but I'd tend to agree with the people suggesting the dialects are akin to the British Isles. For example, in my quests (especially around Limsa and even elsewhere) I've heard "anyroad" used extensively. This isn't something they just made up, it's an actual term that's mostly insular to Northern Britain.

 

The one Ala Mhigo accent I heard definitely sounded like it was from the North part of Britain, though the speaking part was somewhat short for that character and I'm not an expert on British accents.

 

And of course "bloody" seems to be used by bloody everyone, and "bugger" makes appearances all about as well, which... again, suggests most of the dialects have some root in British.

 

As for my own characters, the only one with a definite leaning toward a dialect is my Ala Mhigan, Fen, who I inject a lot of British slang into the vocabulary of. Especially if he gets upset.

 

Once again! I am not a linguist! Nor am I actually British! But I am an Anglophile, and so this is my two gil, however the inexpert I may be.

[Arkghyom]

Miah Molkot.

Change any word ending with 'ow' to 'eow'

 

*scorns his possible IC cousins name*

 

You can use these if you want:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/ (Articulation)

http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/IPA_chart_%28C%292005.pdf (Chart)

[Chisae]

I've been trying to figure out what Taijha's accent would be without falling back on "general redneck yapping Yeehaw ya'll" lol.

 

Tai lived in a tiny village out in the boonies of the East Shroud near the ocean. She's a country bumpkin, but she's been living in Gridania for a bit, working as an apothecary. I figure, the moonkitty dialect of Eorzean would be significantly different from general Eorzean spoken in Gridania - and probly other moonkitty tribes/villages as well. Kinda like my previous example of Hokkaido/Yokohama Japanese being different than standard Japanese found in Tokyo.

 

I supppose I could just talk like Boomhauer from King of the Hill...

[YesGood]

I've been trying to figure out what Taijha's accent would be without falling back on "general redneck yapping Yeehaw ya'll" lol.

 

Tai lived in a tiny village out in the boonies of the East Shroud near the ocean. She's a country bumpkin, but she's been living in Gridania for a bit, working as an apothecary. I figure, the moonkitty dialect of Eorzean would be significantly different from general Eorzean spoken in Gridania - and probly other moonkitty tribes/villages as well. Kinda like my previous example of Hokkaido/Yokohama Japanese being different than standard Japanese found in Tokyo.

 

I supppose I could just talk like Boomhauer from King of the Hill...

 

You could also try maybe something like a Louisiana accent. LaPlace has an interesting one-- it's not really Cajun but it's not a twang either. There are a lot of Southern accents that aren't Texan. North Carolina's got an interesting one, then there's the Georgia drawl, etc. etc.

[Chisae]

Hmm i never thought of Cajun, I can see that working for the moonkitty accent actually. I'll have to check it out tomorrow.

[YesGood]

Hmm i never thought of Cajun, I can see that working for the moonkitty accent actually. I'll have to check it out tomorrow.

 

Cajun, as I've seen it RPed has a tendency to turn into Jamaican real quick. Generalizing is bad, I sorry, but I dunno what other names a 'Jamaican' accent goes by. I could also see it working for an Ele.

[Chisae]

Hmm i never thought of Cajun, I can see that working for the moonkitty accent actually. I'll have to check it out tomorrow.

 

Cajun, as I've seen it RPed has a tendency to turn into Jamaican real quick. Generalizing is bad, I sorry, but I dunno what other names a 'Jamaican' accent goes by. I could also see it working for an Ele.

 

Right... I meant Louisiana, not Cajun... and youre correct. Canjun gets morphed into Jamaican really easy. lol

[Tobias Nightbringer]

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This MAY or may not help, not sure since I just saw you guys mention Louisiana accents. Sooooo also I guess there is also the Creole accent/dialect I believe? I have no fucking clue I'm from California, so wut even is accents dooooooooooooooode~!

 

In other news...

 

 

Dat Gambit

[Michikyou]

Miah Molkot.

Change any word ending with 'ow' to 'eow'

 

*scorns his possible IC cousins name*

 

You can use these if you want:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/ (Articulation)

http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/IPA_chart_%28C%292005.pdf (Chart)

As a major in implied linguistics, I approve.

[Dubs]

Rping a Roe sailor / Lominsan I sometimes feel I'm RPing a overly large drunken green dwarf.

[Fystrael Abylstyrwyn]

 North Carolina's got an interesting one, then there's the Georgia drawl, etc. etc.

 

North Carolina's got a slur.  As in the words run into each other like a 100-car pile up in winter in Wisconsin.

 

"W'll I ain' even know tha'as you s'ttin thar las' night when I'd done lef' th'house twinny minnuts pas' twelf."*

 

*Outsider's impression, user discretion advised.  This dialect cannot be rated at this time.*