Battle cries

[Fisherking]

Silly, but very, very likely given CA's past history with accents. Like Meth said, all the playable factions will have their own language, but I doubt all the the minor ones will do. I expect we'll see one language for all of the Native American tribes, one for all of the Indian factions, one for all the baltic factions, etc.

But atleast it beats the odd Australian accent popping up here and there.

I don’t much like to point fingers, but the bad accents we all complain about were out of the Australian facility.

To a cretin degree that makes it more understandable, but some of it was serious ignorance at the very least. Poland and Denmark sharing the same accent? What was that?

Being based in the UK, this iteration has access to almost any language or accent. They can even have Bavarians and Austrians different to the rest of the Germans…and the Swiss of course. I doubt that we get each province will have it’s own accent but it would not be so hard to give each faction theirs. Especially Bavarians and Austrians CA!



It may be that it was safer to go with the native languages so that you didn’t have to worry about the Pole or Lett who had an Irish-English accent vs. just an English one…

I sure hope they remembered that Washington was from Virginia as opposed to Boston! That would make me scream!

[Sir Beane]

I don’t much like to point fingers, but the bad accents we all complain about were out of the Australian facility.

To a cretin degree that makes it more understandable, but some of it was serious ignorance at the very least. Poland and Denmark sharing the same accent? What was that?

Being based in the UK, this iteration has access to almost any language or accent. They can even have Bavarians and Austrians different to the rest of the Germans…and the Swiss of course. I doubt that we get each province will have it’s own accent but it would not be so hard to give each faction theirs. Especially Bavarians and Austrians CA!



It may be that it was safer to go with the native languages so that you didn’t have to worry about the Pole or Lett who had an Irish-English accent vs. just an English one…

I sure hope they remembered that Washington was from Virginia as opposed to Boston! That would make me scream!

Poor Aussies. All us Europeans must sound the same to them. It would certainly explain some of the innacuracies in Med 2.

I'm really looking forward to hearing the Swedish accent, and the Scottish.

BTW, no offense to any Australian Orgahs. I really like the Australian accent, I would appreciate it in TW games if it weren't so out of place.

[Fisherking]

ROFLMAO! You of all people know that the typical British accent is also out of place in past games!

That vowel shift was in the 1820s or 30s wasn’t it?

[Sir Beane]

ROFLMAO! You of all people know that the typical British accent is also out of place in past games!

That vowel shift was in the 1820s or 30s wasn’t it?

Between 1200 and 1600 actually, it was over quite a Long time period. Although language has changed considerably constantly throughout it's history.

Pretty much all of the accents in Rome and Medieval were innacurate, simply because nobody spoke then like they do now. It would be extremely difficult for a modern english speaker to understand an english speaker from a few hundred years ago.

For instance eggs. Eggs used to be known as eyren, and the word 'eggs' was completely unknown. And meat used to be a word used in general to apply to any kind of food. So not only does the accent change, but the words change meaning as well.

A good example is the word 'nice'. Nice used to mean 'not-knowing' or ignorant. Describing someone as nice would have been an insult a few hundred years ago.

[Fisherking]

Between 1200 and 1600 actually, it was over quite a Long time period. Although language has changed considerably constantly throughout it's history.

Pretty much all of the accents in Rome and Medieval were innacurate, simply because nobody spoke then like they do now. It would be extremely difficult for a modern english speaker to understand an english speaker from a few hundred years ago.

For instance eggs. Eggs used to be known as eyren, and the word 'eggs' was completely unknown. And meat used to be a word used in general to apply to any kind of food. So not only does the accent change, but the words change meaning as well.

A good example is the word 'nice'. Nice used to mean 'not-knowing' or ignorant. Describing someone as nice would have been an insult a few hundred years ago.

That is all true! And at the same time is when S became the plural form for most words…it was closer to German before. Ei (eye) is egg and Eir is eggs (the Germans droped y from most words and changed it to I at some time. )

But I’uz talken bout when ‘mericans an English started talken different. Them Arsh folk never did change too much en to only way to change a Scottsman is wiff a gun but them Englishmen shore did…started sayen stuff like toe-moto fer maders an daaunce fer dance. They plane sloughed the way a was pronounced an messed up a whole bunch more sounds in the offen…started sounden all hauty an such.

That thar hillbilly speech in Apilachian Americia is thought to be what Elizibathen English sounded like!

[Dead Guy]

I hope they make the Swedish accent muppet style :p

Aweenda shmure da froog's legs! Bork, Bork, Bork!

[pevergreen]

Poor Aussies. All us Europeans must sound the same to them. It would certainly explain some of the innacuracies in Med 2.

BTW, no offense to any Australian Orgahs. I really like the Australian accent, I would appreciate it in TW games if it weren't so out of place.

Ah, she'll be right mate. Can't understand you yobbos when ya spinning a yarn anyway. Gimme a swag, some damper by the billabong.

Maybe a nice shiela too.