Bretons with French accent? : V - Skyrim

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:11 pm

If we are getting English Bretons I want the lower class ones to have scouse and geordie accents, only then will my game be complete. <3

No, no, no....

Breton - British

I wasn't aware that British is an accent.

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:18 am

I can't believe all the people here saying they need British accents (I assume that means a BBC English accent to most Americans?). The Bretons in TES are a fusion of Celtic and French cultures. For example, their names are French, but their background talks about highlanders, the claymore, and witch-kings such as are more reminiscent of Celtic cultures. An English accent would be better than an American one - that's always atrocious when it's used in a fantasy setting - but it would make more sense to give them a unique accent, maybe based on a low-key french lilt with some of its own phonetics thrown in.

Tl;dr: The Bretons are borrowed from France, not England, but a unique accent would be better than either of those.

^ seems to be the only person in this thread who knows what he's talking about.

The Bretons are a fusion of real-world Celtic and French because they are Celtic, overrun by French culture, in real life - Brittany is France's Wales, to oversimplify things.

Really, the Breton accent would be best

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:23 pm

^ seems to be the only person in this thread who knows what he's talking about.

The Bretons are a fusion of real-world Celtic and French because they are Celtic, overrun by French culture, in real life - Brittany is France's Wales, to oversimplify things.

Really, the Breton accent would be best

The question is what is a "Breton accent"? There is no strong accent in Brittany, at least not where I live (Nantes), people pretty much have a standard French accent, like what you hear on national tv. Maybe in some remote parts of Brittany there is a stronger accent, though (my brother in Rennes hasn't run into strong local accents, either. Maybe in villages?).
If you mean the accent of people who speak the Breton language, then I really have no idea what the result would be. I have never met a Breton speaker who spoke French with an accent (there are probably a few in western Brittany, though), I figure most of them would speak English with a French accent. Maybe some kind of mash-up could work to make the Bretons in Skyrim stand out: a French and Breton accent with some Breton words thrown in. I'm not sure what the result would be.

It would probably be easier to use voice actors from Wales (or Ireland or any country/region where people speak English and a Celtic language), though. (edit: that is if you only want to keep a Celtic touch in the accent; you would lose the "French accent" bit we've been talking about in this thread) .

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:55 pm

Many Vikings settled in Celtic lands, and eventually mixed with the local peoples. Even Dublin was founded as a Viking settlement. My understanding is the Bretons came from southern England. Brittany and its people are included as one of the six Celtic nations. "Breton itself is a Brythonic Celtic language closely related to Cornish and a bit more distantly to Welsh [8]. The Breton language as such is part of the Insular Celtic language group."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_people#Breton_language_media

So, perhaps a Celtic accent would be valid.

In 1066, the Normans (Normanz = norseman) descendants of Vikings invaded England.

Keeping in mind that Nirn is not Earth, the Bretons of Tamriel are descendants of Aldmer and Nedes (According to lore, Nedes are Nordic by race).

However, ever so much does the Norse culture of Earth "influence" the Nords of Tamriel.

If a Breton accent in Tamriel is necessary, I would suggest Celtic, due to their history on Earth.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:33 pm

A mild French accent for the Bretons would be nice, actually. Though I'd rather Bethesda not go the way of giving each race an accent based on their closest real-world equivalent (which often wouldn't be equivalent at all).

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:52 pm

would that mean that imperials need to sound italian as they kind of represent the roman empire..
and please please please no to british accents, i have much respect for bethesda but i have never known an american to portray english accents correctly, for example the few time i've been to america i've been mistaken for scottish several times

and as part of the french way, would they run away from any fight, and as part of the british way i would have to invade the homes of every breton on the game

Supposedly Higgins portrayed by John Hillerman (from Texas in the USA) does a good English accent but I wouldn't know considering I'm not British:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDv5kizY8oE

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:38 pm

Enough with the silly accents!

This is not The Hunt for Red October!