More specifically, there's also the Deep South (not actually that southerly), the Gulf States (actually quite southerly), the Southwest, the Midatlantic, New England, the High Plains and that area around the Rockies, and... whatever the fuck Idaho is.
That's because your actual North is a different country and way back in the Dark Ages (I know, Alex, I know) the fake North was two or three different kingdoms that told London and Wessex to shove it. Thus the orneriness.
Incidental note: The West Country dialect inherits many of its most noticeable features from the literary dialect of Wessex used by Alfred the Great, including the universal use of "be"-forms ("beest," etc.) and the preservation of ge- prefixes in past participles as a- (e.g. "I had a-gone home.").
Hence the preservation of thees and thous in some regions, i guess?
Southern English was heavily influenced by French's use of singular/plural as a level of politeness and gradually "thou" fell out of favour for its excessive familiarity and religious overtones—unless you were, say, a Quaker. Northern and West Country English preserved the pure numerical distinction.
i recently learned that Malta was formerly divided into Majjistral (Mistral) and Xlokk (Scirocco) regions, after the Mediterranean winds coming from different compass directions, which i think is pretty cool
i recently learned that Malta was formerly divided into Majjistral (Mistral) and Xlokk (Scirocco) regions, after the Mediterranean winds coming from different compass directions, which i think is pretty cool
That it is! I'm glad to have just learned it! Thank you!
Most of my family comes from an area settled by Scots-Irish, and I can vouch for how weird people talk even in the relatively cosmopolitan Huntington, WV suburbs.
In FFXIV, there's a nation of pirates/ex-pirates who speak in a really broad British rural accent, and it's funny seeing non-British players complain that they can't understand it very well.
Example:
Back then, are ye? With all yer limbs, an' a tale to tell, I wager. Fishbacks? An' there I was thinkin' ye'd only 'ave to crack a pirate skull or three. Seven hells... Ye turn yer back fer five bloody minutes, an' the scaly bastards've set up shop on yer bleedin' doorstep... Still, sounds like ye left 'em in pieces, so I don't s'pose they'll be carryin' out whatever mischief they was plannin'—unless they was plannin' on feedin' 'emselves to the fauna o' Sastasha, o' course. Anyroad, all's well that ends well! On behalf o' Limsa, I thank ye fer sheddin' some light on this mystery. Ye've lived up to yer reputation, an' I couldn't ask fer no more'n that. Now, I'll bet yer dyin' fer a rest, but just in case yer not, I was wonderin' if ye might be interested in takin' on another job? It just so 'appens that I've 'ad a request from our sister guild in Gridania, see. Seems the forest folk're in need of a 'venturer what can get things done. Fer them to ask fer 'elp like this, ye can bet the task won't be no skip through a sunny glade. But after the way y dealt with our fishback infestation, I doubt it's anythin' ye can't 'andle. Give us a shout when yer ready, an' I'll lay it our fer ye.
More specifically, there's also the Deep South (not actually that southerly), the Gulf States (actually quite southerly), the Southwest, the Midatlantic, New England, the High Plains and that area around the Rockies, and... whatever the fuck Idaho is.
Idaho is the greatest state and I will cut you if you say otherwise.
Potatoes are absolutely amazing and one of the best foods. I don't know why misters Martin and Tolkein think that medieval fantasy lands based on England should have potatoes, but that is STEALING from my Continent's botanical heritage.
Stupid fat hobbits, how the crap do they have potatoes and tobacco? Dang Old World tryna take credit for New World plants.
More specifically, there's also the Deep South (not actually that southerly), the Gulf States (actually quite southerly), the Southwest, the Midatlantic, New England, the High Plains and that area around the Rockies, and... whatever the fuck Idaho is.
Idaho is the greatest state and I will cut you if you say otherwise.
Yeah, sadly, Alcohol is still allowed in this nation.
Australian accents literally would not exist without booze, nor would good Italian food. Try making a red sauce without wine, or at least real balsamic vinegar. You can't. You'll fail.
Your people are cheerful but nobody knows your food because it is probably beige and unremarkable.
Potatoes are absolutely amazing and one of the best foods. I don't know why misters Martin and Tolkein think that medieval fantasy lands based on England should have potatoes, but that is STEALING from my Continent's botanical heritage.
Stupid fat hobbits, how the crap do they have potatoes and tobacco? Dang Old World tryna take credit for New World plants.
Well, technically Middle-Earth is supposed to be a hypothetical prehistoric Europe. Perhaps potatoes and tobacco existed in European prehistory before deciding to emigrate to (what would become) North America for unknown reasons.
Yeah, sadly, Alcohol is still allowed in this nation.
Australian accents literally would not exist without booze, nor would good Italian food. Try making a red sauce without wine, or at least real balsamic vinegar. You can't. You'll fail.
Your people are cheerful but nobody knows your food because it is probably beige and unremarkable.
Yeah, sadly, Alcohol is still allowed in this nation.
Australian accents literally would not exist without booze, nor would good Italian food. Try making a red sauce without wine, or at least real balsamic vinegar. You can't. You'll fail.
Your people are cheerful but nobody knows your food because it is probably beige and unremarkable.
Yeah, you're probably right.
And you roll over so I can tickle your tummy and call Aliruff! Darnit, that was too easy!
*picks fight with self, only to be viciously trounced*
Potatoes are absolutely amazing and one of the best foods. I don't know why misters Martin and Tolkein think that medieval fantasy lands based on England should have potatoes, but that is STEALING from my Continent's botanical heritage.
Stupid fat hobbits, how the crap do they have potatoes and tobacco? Dang Old World tryna take credit for New World plants.
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That's because your actual North is a different country and way back in the Dark Ages (I know, Alex, I know) the fake North was two or three different kingdoms that told London and Wessex to shove it. Thus the orneriness.
See, Yorkshire, the Humber and the Northwest were Mercia and Northumberland was, well, Northumberland. What with Lindisfarne and Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Scotland isn't the North it's a disgruntled mini Canada
The scene with the description of the mural of the Southern and Northern Kings is really vivid in my mind.
Oh, wait, wrong King in the North.
Those two scenes are *also* burned into my mind.
Southern English was heavily influenced by French's use of singular/plural as a level of politeness and gradually "thou" fell out of favour for its excessive familiarity and religious overtones—unless you were, say, a Quaker. Northern and West Country English preserved the pure numerical distinction.
Scots-Irish.
Scots, particularly Ulster Scots, is its own cacophony of bizarre archaisms.
That it is! I'm glad to have just learned it! Thank you!
Have a good day, Tachyon! :3
Example:
what do they even have there
Potatoes are absolutely amazing and one of the best foods. I don't know why misters Martin and Tolkein think that medieval fantasy lands based on England should have potatoes, but that is STEALING from my Continent's botanical heritage.
Stupid fat hobbits, how the crap do they have potatoes and tobacco? Dang Old World tryna take credit for New World plants.
Australian accents literally would not exist without booze, nor would good Italian food. Try making a red sauce without wine, or at least real balsamic vinegar. You can't. You'll fail.
Your people are cheerful but nobody knows your food because it is probably beige and unremarkable.
It is.
And you roll over so I can tickle your tummy and call Aliruff! Darnit, that was too easy!
*picks fight with self, only to be viciously trounced*
Owwww...
*gnaws own arm*
Give me the familiar, the safe, the bland and wholesome and stable.
This is basically me