Bretons with French accent? : V - Skyrim

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:32 pm

Mais oui. Bonjour. Je m'appelle Lucien Lachance et je suis un assassin de la Dark Brotherhood.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:19 pm

Whats wrong with American English?

Sorry. I know sarcasm doesn't work well on the internet, still I try again and again.

It's much like most people's understanding of German. Most people are only familiar with the dialect of Berlin while being oblivious to accents like Hessian, Austrian (i always get Austrian and Swiss confused)

They do? What a shame. But don't get me started on German dialects, it's nightmare after nightmare. Even to me a lot of them are totally incomprehensible, like Colognian or certain Austrian/Bavarian dialects. And Swiss is a totally different language as far as I am concerned.

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:22 pm

Sorry. I know sarcasm doesn't work well on the internet, still I try again and again.

They do? What a shame. But don't get me started on German dialects, it's nightmare after nightmare. Even to me a lot of them are totally incomprehensible, like Colognian or certain Austrian/Bavarian dialects. And Swiss is a totally different language as far as I am concerned.

Ah, sorry my friend- i thought you where serious

Personally i have a thing for the Berlin accent, it just sounds so beautiful!

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:00 am

As long as its not Canadian French.

Being raised on Canadian French, I wholeheartedly agree. Nothing passionate about it, haha.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:48 pm

Breton - French
Nord - German
Imperial - Italian
Redguard - Arabic
Orc - Russian
Altmer - British
Bosmer - Spanish
Dunmer - Jamaican
Khajiit and Argonian sort of have their own accents already.

Hahaha.. Hugh Grant voicing the Altmer, "Hmmm, ugggh, yes, yes, hmmm, just, just call me.. I don't know.. Goldenrod ahh yes, hmm."

I guess. I mean, French is the only accent that makes, "Take out the garbage" sultry.

It's in the tone more, I heard a week ago a woman talking about dripping garbage juice on the stair carpet in english... her voice made me pay attention.

The French accent is already used by Bioware in Dragon Age with the natives of Orlais and in that game it works (barely) but it doesn't sound entirely genuine with a French accent in a fantasy world. There's also the risk it will feel too "thought out" and clichéd, a bit too much like a Hollywood thing. So Bethesda please no.

DA was a bit Allo Allo, sometimes they just went all over the place just like Athony Hopkins when he tries an accent.

Not joking how about the accent the actress that did Jaheira's VO in Baldurs gate 2: shadows of Amn.
I'd play the game just to hear that tbh...
Though that's just because I like it when a woman rolls her R's.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:10 pm

But the Dragonborn can't be French! He'd retreat everytime a dragon confronts him!

Are you saying stealth characters can't be Dovahkiin?

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:58 pm

Breton - French
Nord - German
Imperial - Italian
Redguard - Arabic
Orc - Russian
Altmer - British
Bosmer - Spanish
Dunmer - Jamaican
Khajiit and Argonian sort of have their own accents already.

There we go. Nobody needs to be bothered by American English.

No, no, no....

Breton - British
Nord - Normal english, I guess
Imperial - Normal english, I guess
Redguard - African
Orc - "Hulkish"
Altmer - Asian (they are "yellow")
Bosmer - "Gansta"
Dunmer - Red neck
Khajiit - The "Meow song", from the ad where people were singing "Meow, meow, meow, meow,...."
Argonian - Lizard man?

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:40 am

would that mean that imperials need to sound italian as they kind of represent the roman empire..

The Romans didn't speak Italian or pronounce things anything like an Italian. They're two different things. Modern Italian schools don't even use books written by Roman authors as examples of Italian literature because they see them as two different things.

Breton - British
Nord - Normal english, I guess
Imperial - Normal english, I guess

Normal English, as in the language spoken in the country called England, by English people, isn't "normal English"?

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:43 pm

Nord - Normal english, I guess
Imperial - Normal english, I guess

Normal English = North American English?

As for the Bretons speaking with a French accent, I don't know... I am from France (Brittany actually, where "bretons" live), and very often I think French accents in Hollywood movies sound very fake. If they are done well, and are very slight, why not?

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:23 pm

Please don't ruin my favorite race with a silly snobbish accent. I wouldn't mind a scottish accent however.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:46 pm

Being raised on Canadian French, I wholeheartedly agree. Nothing passionate about it, haha.

But, WE have the universal french!

We are passionate about,...about,..., About ...I was gona say some random, but I'm not gona say it...

We don't the key caricatural accent of France, with english...but we probably sound better on a lot of things...

I say Bretons should not have french accents.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:18 pm

They look annoying now you want them to sound annoying too. I could imagine myself going on a breton killing spree if they did that or modding the game so they are muted at all times.

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:37 am

Normal English = North American English?

As for the Bretons speaking with a French accent, I don't know... I am from France (Brittany actually, where "bretons" live), and very often I think French accents in Hollywood movies sound very fake. If they are done well, and are very slight, why not?

For the "Normal English = North American English", I guess so...

And for the hollywood part,... yea, Hollywood french is carricatural... Normal poeple people that isn't very good in english would talk in "engrish"

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:45 pm

how about if they grunt a lot and blow air through their lips a lot,
that pretty much amounts to the same thing doesn't it?

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:17 pm

But Bretons all have French names. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Category:Oblivion-Breton and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany. Even to a non-TES fan Bretons resemble the French.

Well done! I was waiting for somebody to clear this up. It's amazing how many people don't know how to spell 'Britons' (As in from Great Britain).

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:51 pm

No, I prefer not to be annoyed the entire game.

This

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:12 pm

Honestly, French accents aren't that annoying to me. At all. Are you guys sure you've heard a real French person speaking English, and not just the Hollywood caricature? As long as Bethesda went with something subtle and realistic, I'd be fine with it.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:03 pm

"you alright me old mucker?"
"yeah i'm good shag! you goin down copperhouse tonight, bird?"
"Yeeeeeep, I gottoo admit tho skyrims bleetin baltic inner!"

...What? :mellow:

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:22 am

No, I prefer not to be annoyed the entire game. If anything they should have a british accent.

same here and French imho are not kind at all, I have known people who went to Paris and omg were the people there rude to them!

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:56 pm

No thanks.
This is about as silly as the Orcs having Japanese accents thread. TES =!= real life. Races don't have Earthen accents, because it's not Earth.

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:09 pm

I agree with Alyo Knai in that Hollywood has done a lot to spread a specific caricature of the French accent.

same here and French imho are not kind at all, I have known people who went to Paris and omg were the people there rude to them!

We are not all like that... judging an entire people based on a few persons' bad experiences in one particular city is not really fair, imo. Come visit France one day, and give yourself a chance to form your own opinion, and a chance for the French people to be nice to you. I promise we're not all rude.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:23 am

No, I prefer not to be annoyed the entire game. If anything they should have a british accent.

Yeah, British accent faking French - just like Allo Allo. :rofl:

Like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hfHyDSTX50?

Now serious, I'd love if not every member of a race would share same voice. But we'll see what will get.

same here and French imho are not kind at all, I have known people who went to Paris and omg were the people there rude to them!

I know a guy who knows a guy who's wife's grandmother's aunt was in Paris and she says that they are nice indeed. :rolleyes:

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBocef6iQps

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:47 am

same here and French imho are not kind at all, I have known people who went to Paris and omg were the people there rude to them!

It's not a good idea to base your own opinion upon somebody else's experience. :shakehead: (In that sort of situation.)

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:30 pm

They're called Bretons. It seems pretty obvious to me that this means they're equivalent to the actual Bretons, who happen to be french...