Randland accents

[Marie 73]

Because it's a fantasy story?

[Whitty 29]

Right....and yet we have this forum dedicated to it and we're discussing things I bet most people never think of.

 

What do Trollocs and Fades sound like?

[Marie 73]

I'm just saying, I doubt RJ spent that much time thinking about it. Or he did, and we just need to Google for the answer.

[jan 14]

What do Trollocs and Fades sound like?

American gangsters (like in films)?

[Whitty 29]

lol more like gangstas...lol. Well, I figured there can't be much to Trollocs tho...they pretty much just grunt and have their own freaky language. But Fades actually speak....so....I wonder how that is.

[jan 14]

Maybe Trollocs grunt like those horrible people in those horrible wrestling shows?

[Kaitlin 22]

The snakey dead leaves sound to the Fade's voice is hard to grasp. Maybe a gangster with throat cancer?

 

You're probably right about RJ either not thinking about it, or having answered it already Marie. It's sort of like Pre-Tower of Babel.

[Callybear 0]

All of the things they sound like are from the nouthern hemisphere.Do none of the people sound like Africans of any sort!

[Sivart Reborn 7]

Trolloc: Deep, throaty, ugly voice.

Fade: Heavy long time smoker voice.

 

My personal vision of them.

[Callybear 0]

Huh!? So you'rew saying ee Africnas have ugly voices that sound like we're long time smokers.

*shocked and amused*

[Sivart Reborn 7]

Wait, Africans are all Trollocs and Fades? *is never going to Africa now*

[Cerendrallion 32]

Huh!? So you'rew saying ee Africnas have ugly voices that sound like we're long time smokers.

*shocked and amused*

 

Lalalala...I don't think that was quite what Silvart was implying, more they sound like long-time smokers than Africans.

 

Personally, I thought they communicated in grunts...but then you all know I don't pay much attention.

[Callybear 0]

Ha ha ha. Ypou guys make me laugh. I like you!

[FortyFiveAuto 1]

On the Texas accent:

 

It really does depend on what part of the state you observe. The breakdown is more or less as follows:

 

-North Texas (Dallas/Ft. Worth): Mostly accent-less, some instances of slight Southern Accent

 

-North Texas (Amarillo): Pronounced, but clear Southern accent

 

-West Texas (El Paso to San Angelo): Heavy, drawling Southern accent (This is what I think best represents the Seanchan accent). Words and phrases like "y'all", "fixin' to", "reckon", "howdy", and "i ain't fer sure" are in common usage.

 

-Austin Metro Area: Western U.S. (California) accent

 

-East Texas (Houston): Slight southern accent, more pronounced as one travels further East, mixed with Spanglish

 

-South Texas (San Antonio to Brownsville): Tex-Mex/Spanglish accents

 

 

Marie, I'd need to hear you speak to determine if your accent is Seanchan enough.

[Marie 73]

But it's hard to say what the Seanchan are like... he's said simply they have a drawl.

 

As for myself, you'd have to catch me on the right day. Sometimes I sound like I'm from the South, why I don't know, but usually I sound very West Coast. I of course don't hear either of those dialects unless someone points them out to me. Which usually only makes them worse.