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  • So this is the accent of a certain region in my fictional setting. It's loosely based on a real accent in real life, but almost everybody who reads it thinks it's something different. The most recent (and absurd) guess was a New York accent, haha. Anyways, out of pure curiosity and sleep-deprived boredom, I'd like to get some sort of consensus. Read these excerpts and tell me what you think: Note: These accents are NOT the majority in the book, if they seem overwhelming/distracting. “Look at her, eh. Ain’t she cold!” - “Don’t’cha know how to speak?” - “Pulley car, ye.” - “You lot forgetting she’s Northern? Wantin’ to play wiv a little soapy-skinned dainty, ye?” - “I ain’t come to play with you lot. ‘Specially not Wesley.” - “Oi, that’s no way -” - “Wanna bet, little sham?” - “Toltentars, p’raps.” - “How’d you see just a head? Who sees just the screamin’ head, anyhow, an’ not the rest of the thing?” - “If it suits you, miss. Ain’t terribly safe, p‘raps.” - "I heard someone disappeared like, but it was Kip Cheselo what told me an’ everyone knows Kip’s a fibber.” - Thanks for any input :) However the reader imagines it is fine with me, I'd just like to see what the majority thinks. Also, any suggestions on the accent itself are welcome!

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    I honestly can't believe the number of people saying Canadian. This sounds nothing like a Canadian accent if you ask me. And I have never heard an American accent anything like this, especially with that slang factored in. So my first guess would have been Scottish though it sort of depends on how strong I make the accent in my head haha. But to me, Scottish, British, and Irish accents all sound a little bit similar, especially in print, so to me, I think it could be any of those three.

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Id say irish or scottish.

Tongue Tied

Cockney...kinda Oliver Twisty, i'n't?

Ingrid

CANADIANS DON'T TALK LIKE THAT! I'd say southern maybe?

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I think it is English, but the kind of downgrade accent. What I mean is, those thuggish types.

Dragon Master Rawb

Haha geez, just because there's an "eh", everyone thinks it's Canadian. What a damn triumph, especially for me. (: Make no mistake, this is nowhere near how we talk. I'd say Eastern, but that would be cheating, huh? In all seriousness, I do suppose it's closer to Cockney than anything else, with a touch of thick Scottish. However, it's not got that redneck feel to it, nor that hick tone. It sounds a little too sophisticated, so probably a touch of Old English in there too. I'm hovering on the idea of comparing it to the slums of the opium age, or perhaps something like Viking language. Atrociously peculiar comparisons aside - and also ignoring the fact that I appear to be a unique minority regarding the origin of this accent - I think it's fabulous, darling. Really, I do. It's a perfect balance for low-class people who are not quite hackneyed, crude farmer cowboys. As always, keep shining, Super. (: loveloveloveLucie.

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I could picture an Irish or Scottish (not as much Scottish because they wouldn't be in a position to talk about Northerners, would they? :P) person saying those things. Maybe a Lancashire accent. Maybe Welsh? I'm part Welsh...

Phoenix Mozo

I'm going to agree with Ingrid and say that is sounds like Cockney to me. Doesn't sound southern (USA), not really. Most of the slang is not found in Southern dialects that often. And especially how the sentences are put together. I just picture the blond hair chick (dude) from Little Britain rambling on with half of these. Just for fun I put it in a Dialectizer and translated what you wrote to Cockney. Just in case that's what you were looking for.....I think it came out really hilarious. “'Ave a look at 'er, eh. Ain’t she cold! Right!” - “Don’t’cha know 'ow ter speak?” - “Pulley car, ye.” - “Yer lot forgettin' she’s Norffern, isit?Wantin’ ter play wiv a wee soapy-skinned dainty, ye?” - “I ain’t come ter play wiv yer lot. ‘Specially not Wesley.” - “Oi, that’s no way -” - “Wanna bet, right, wee sham?” - “Toltentars, p’raps.” - “How’d yer spot just an 'ead, eh? 'oo spots just the screamin’ 'ead, any road, right, an’ not the rest of the bugger?” - “If it whistle and flutes yer, miss. Ain’t terribly safe, p‘raps.” - "I 'eard some bloke disappeared like, but it were Kip Cheselo wot told me an’ evry geezer knows Kip’s a fibber.” -

Minda Y

It sounds Cockney to me.

katrina

British?

Concerned.

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