Friday, June 4, 2010

The Accent Toolbox

Funny enough the only accents I lack are good upper class ones. This rarely matters much in game,as the P.C's don't usually move in those circles. Still having a wide range of accents can improve RP fun, if you know when to use them and the other players don't mind or have real world issues with them.
I'd be curious as to what accents you can do well enough to get away with in game?

My list includes

Canadian (Toronto-ish)
Highland Scots via Groundskeeper Willie (like most gamers)
Generic Eastender/Chav
Bad Eighties Russian
"Bushie" Aussie complete with outdated strine.
Generic Native American (something like Graham Greene)
Northern Irish (I sound like Gerry Adams from Sein Fein )
Mexico City (learned in Spanish Class)
a kind of German via the Pulps
"Gangster" Italian
80's style Street Hood
L.A. Gangsta (this is more slang than accent)
Evil Southern Sheriff
Arkansas Regional via Slingblade
Boomhauer (from King of the Hill if you call that an accent. I use it for a Ghoul Clan)
and Generic Cowboy

2 comments:

  1. "I'd be curious as to what accents you can do well enough to get away with in game?"
    Since you asked:

    Hoser Canadian (like the McKenzie brothers)
    Highland Scots via Groundskeeper Willie
    Fake Stuck up Londoner
    Faux Cockney
    Murmerset
    Bad Eighties Russian
    Pirate
    Crocodile Bush Strine.
    Generic Native American
    Irish Spring Commercial Irish
    Swav Spaniard
    Hesse Gangbanger
    Vere are your papers German
    Brando Mob Italian
    Pizzashop Italian
    Jersey/Long Island Italian
    Neurotic Manhattanite
    20's gangster
    Evil Southern Sheriff
    Crazy Killbilly Redneck
    Boomhauer (from King of the Hill if you call that an accent. I use it for a Ghoul Clan)
    Cowboy
    Johnny Reb old time suthron
    Bostonian
    Ignorant Bostonian
    Gloucesterman
    Old Time Maine
    Awful stereotype Asian
    Awful stereotype Japanse
    Terrible but obvious Hawaiian.


    Of course my wife says more then half of those sound identical and I just pepper them with different stereotyped phrases.

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  2. Hey, whatever works. Besides some of the accents we see on TV and in movies are awful. Its not like we could do much worse.

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