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    Default Re: WAAAGH!!! Da EB!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghaust the Moor View Post
    ... The orkz also speak as if they have really heavly drawlling southern U.S. accent...
    I find the way their speech is written rather lower class English (as in from southern Britain esp London).

    The greenskins in "Warhammer Dark Omen" (is that a Lore-worthy source?) had a sort of grunting Sarf Lundun (=South London) accent (the sort so beloved of Guy Richie). This sometimes melds into a cockney accent too, but is marked by a more guttural tone IMHO.

    The use of this accent (or is it a dialect?) is consistent with the class-sterotypes prevalent in Britain of stupid violent unwashed football fans. However I would argue it is a legitimate form of English and certainly not "imaginary" as maion seems to think it is.

    I must say I share Maion's sentiment in desiring proper use of the forms of language but I concede that this is a chimaera, a somewhat elitist pipe dream, and adhering to "proper" forms is awkward and even unhealthy for language growth and development.

    Its hilarious that orcs sound like poms (even in the LOTR films) and a thread on the most orc-like unti in EB is a fun distraction. Vote 1 mercenary wolf men.

    Edit: the Clockwork Orange-spracht a page or so back was excellent, just excellent. Long live made up languages.
    Last edited by Cyclops; 06-01-2009 at 03:19.
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