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Varijnland
Minister
 
Posts: 2760
Founded: Mar 17, 2012
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Postby Varijnland » Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:39 pm

When speaking English? A sort of Scandinavian-Dutch-Afrikaner accent.

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Krjder
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5870
Founded: Aug 15, 2012
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Postby Krjder » Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:41 pm

Krïdans sound German, but when speaking English they sound more Dutch.
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Nation Type: Direct Democratic Federal Monarchy
Capital: Aastejk
Population: 480,670,500
Current Leadership:
-Emperor Anton IV
-Realm Chancellor Atsūjiri Gyēzashiri
Military:
-1,560,000 Active
-4,750,000 Reserves
Dutch teen, Roman Catholic, socially conservative, economically libertarian. Enjoys; hunting, classical & march music, history and debating.

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The Sierrian Empire
Envoy
 
Posts: 214
Founded: May 19, 2012
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Postby The Sierrian Empire » Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:07 pm

Sierrians speak with the Queens English British accent.
Some spelling differences between British English and Sierrian English are:
Sierrian Horrour vs. British horror
Sierrian Altour vs British Altar
Sierrian Mourings vs British Moorings

Sierrian Terms:

Like in Britain, "bloody"is used in my sentences to as a curse. Ex. Jesus bloody Christ!, Bloody Hell!, This is bloody hot! etc...
Many Sierrian will exclaim "Mother bloody Mary!" or just "Mother Mary".
Sierrians will use the word "Daint" to describe a poor immagrant, it is a slang, and considered extremely offensive.
Fag is used to describe, a cigarette, a cigar or a pipe. In recent years, it has also come to be an antonym of "Joint".
The word "tripper" means, punk or other type of juvenile delinquent.

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Yatl Rasc
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Posts: 42
Founded: Jan 30, 2011
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Postby Yatl Rasc » Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:28 pm

Oh, it depends on the region. The people of the bay's upper lip and the northeast of Yatl Rasc have the general "Standard" Rascui accent. The bay's jaw are also close, but pronounce "uh" sounds like "oh"s. The capital and other bay islands are very mixed, ethnically, so labeling them with one general accent is quite impossible! The people of the Yatl Rasc lowlands speak faster than normal, and seem to lengthen all their vowels. The highlands and northern deltas are an extremity of this, where it seems like some of their syllables just merge ("Yah-tel" starts sounding like "Yahl"). The islanders are varied as they can be, especially given that their native languages lost contact with most of the Empire's some 1000+ years ago. Their accents can be difficultly nasal to the point where mainlanders say that their incapable of making guttural sounds at all. My friend has devoted his life to the study of the Rascui language, and he seems to cringe every time he talks to someone from Valu'kau.

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New Albrionn
Envoy
 
Posts: 289
Founded: Nov 22, 2012
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Postby New Albrionn » Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:12 pm

The New Albrionnic accent has been described as a mixture of west coast North American, English, and Scottish. The latter two elements tend to be more noticable in the cities and among the upper classes. It's also been said that New Albrionners emphasise their s's.
On almost any matter I will discuss, I will negotiate, and I will compromise. But on the matters of liberty, justice, and knowledge I shall not be moved. Those who would impose or support tyranny, corruption, or ignorance are undeserving of consideration, nor understanding, nor even life itself.
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Walosia
Diplomat
 
Posts: 803
Founded: Jul 17, 2012
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Postby Walosia » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:40 am

Walosia have a kind of Southwest American accent with some Latinification (Some words are pronounced like they do in latin. Mostly done on words which are borrowed from Latin into English)
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I have given this a lot of thought and I have decided to do some major changes to the Walosian History Canon.

The largest change that I will be doing is the removal of the “Walosian-Khelsharian War of 2009” and the following abdication of Empress Liat as well as the removal of the character Liat completely. The reason why is because I have developed my nation into a more realistic fashion during the 2014-2015 era and after reviewing older post I see that the war and abdication of Liat is both unrealistic, doesn’t fit with the overall nation and is simply unprofessional.

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Bojikami
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 11276
Founded: Jul 24, 2012
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Postby Bojikami » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:45 am

We have a Russian accent.
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Esperanto State
Political Columnist
 
Posts: 3
Founded: Jan 11, 2014
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Postby Esperanto State » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:55 am

Most Esperantans have American accents.

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Romberg
Senator
 
Posts: 3964
Founded: Mar 15, 2013
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Postby Romberg » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:57 am

Our English accent can range from Dutch to Scandinavian to German, and from Serbo-croatian to Bulgarian to Czech and Slovak to Ukrainian and Russian. However, most of our educated populace can usually speak English at a native level, with only a very mild accent.

For our languages, our Russian constitutes a unique accent, while our German appears to be closer to the Austrian variety.
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Info: Population 150 mil. Centrist. Based on a much more competent Austrian Empire with Scandinavian and Russian influences.

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Libertade
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Posts: 255
Founded: Mar 05, 2013
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Postby Libertade » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:11 am

The most homogeneous accent by far is found on the English-speaking minority: An overwhelming majority are the descendants of Californian civilians, mostly skilled workers and businesspeople, who arrived during both American occupations. As a result, they've got a distinctly Californian accent.

Libertade has always maintained close cultural ties with Brazil, and its Portuguese-speaking majority speaks dialects fairly close to the Brazilians'.

The Spanish-speaking minority is by far the least homogeneous. The local accent is probably closest to Chilean or Argentinian, but most recent refugees have noticeable Basque or Colombian accents.

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Zaldakki
Minister
 
Posts: 2458
Founded: Oct 10, 2013
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Postby Zaldakki » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:14 am

Ze Zaldakkians haz a very Frãsh (French) aksãt.

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Kyuji
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1931
Founded: Dec 31, 2013
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Postby Kyuji » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:16 am

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Farnhamia
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Founded: Jun 20, 2006
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:25 am

Walosia wrote:Walosia have a kind of Southwest American accent with some Latinification (Some words are pronounced like they do in latin. Mostly done on words which are borrowed from Latin into English)

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