Maybe the Vikings settled in the part of Egypt that produced Sean Connery's accent in Highlander?
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 26, 2014 5:12:43 am PDT #27204 of 30000
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Zenkitty - Jun 26, 2014 5:30:33 am PDT #27205 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Sean Connery is proof that the "Scottish" accent is the Ur-accent of all humanity. If you could hear him speak his ancient native language, it would totally be in a Scottish accent. Only the Scots managed to not lose their ancestral accent.
Vonnie K - Jun 26, 2014 5:40:49 am PDT #27206 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Yes, but the adults speak with Scottish accents and the youth are all American. Maybe the Vikings had just discovered North America and brought back the accent.
Yeah, that was a head-scratcher. I immediately recognized Craig Ferguson's voice as the dragon-hunt instructor (I did not know he was in this film!), which made me happy, so I guess I'm OK with handwaving. Like flea said, in the scheme of things, this isn't the most ludicrous thing in the film by any stretch!
At least I could decipher these Scottish accents. A few weeks ago, I went to see the Scarlett Johansson alien-predator flick, uh, Under the Skin, and could barely understand some of the Glasgow dialect spoken by the locals.
Burrell - Jun 26, 2014 8:16:00 am PDT #27207 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I think it has to do with broad cultural associations (AKA problematic stereotypes) between Scottish accents and tough, uncouth behavior. Don't the dwarves in the Middle Earth movies have Scottish accents as well?
P.M. Marc - Jun 26, 2014 8:27:01 am PDT #27208 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think it has to do with broad cultural associations (AKA problematic stereotypes) between Scottish accents and tough, uncouth behavior. Don't the dwarves in the Middle Earth movies have Scottish accents as well?
Nah. Or if they did, they weren't recognizable as such.
The HTTYD books (which are totally different) are available as audiobooks with David Tennant reading them. If, y'know, you're looking for Scottish accents.
ETA, and it looks like all adult males were voiced by actual Scotsmen. Heh.
Burrell - Jun 26, 2014 9:36:21 am PDT #27209 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Nah. Or if they did, they weren't recognizable as such.
In The Hobbit? I trust your ear over mine.
P.M. Marc - Jun 26, 2014 10:10:22 am PDT #27210 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
In The Hobbit? I trust your ear over mine.
In the Hobbit. Just rewatched trailers to verify that I hadn't somehow forgotten.
Kalshane - Jun 26, 2014 10:25:26 am PDT #27211 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I know John Rhys-Davies mentioned putting a bit of a Scottish burr into his Gimli voice, but I'm with Plei in not remembering any such accent from any of the Hobbit dwarves.
That being said, there is a bit of a stereo-type among D&D players of using a Scottish accent when playing a dwarf.
Juliebird - Jun 26, 2014 12:14:09 pm PDT #27212 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Vonnie, how did you like Under the Skin ?
Vonnie K - Jun 26, 2014 3:49:10 pm PDT #27213 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Vonnie, how did you like Under the Skin ?
It was hella weird and unnerving. I don't know what to think of it, even weeks afterward. I found it frustrating and largely impenetrable, but there were images from that movie that lingered on and burrowed under my skin, I admit.
ETA: HA! at the totally unintentional (I swear) pun!