Re: Why does everyone think Edgey is British?
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I remember reading a magazine from the early Edwardian era, and it had this whole article introducing the concept of golf to Americans. In fact, I think I have the article somewhere in my library bag. Back then, pretty much only the Scottish knew about it - now, everyone knows about it. Just thought I'd share...
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If I had the power to make Edgeworth British (as the games' official translator, I mean), I'd sneak in subtle hints in the dialogue--I'd make Edgeworth's text spell out in British English. "Colour, armour."
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Canadians write like that, too.
We do. :3
But I've lived in the USA so long that I've dropped the "u" in a lot of things now. ^_^;;
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I'm British and I hate tea and foofy things, and never say things like 'Ergo, verily."
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Nadindi wrote:
Just for the record.
I'm British and I hate tea and foofy things, and never say things like 'Ergo, verily."
I'm British and I hate tea and foofy things, and never say things like 'Ergo, verily."
Well of course. After all, the Scots, Irish and Welsh don't like tea very much. But the English do.
So which are you? England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales? Inside, outside, on the scales?
I usually use "ergo", but very rarely "verily".
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Nadindi wrote:
I hate tea and foofy things
My heart just cracked in two ;__;
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Nadindi wrote:
...English.
YOU LIE.
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loobywright wrote:
Nadindi wrote:
I hate tea and foofy things
My heart just cracked in two ;__;
Well...I don't hate foofy things. But I don't exactly like them. XD
And I do despise tea.
The complete truth. Sorry if I ruined any childhood dreams. >___>
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Nadindi wrote:
loobywright wrote:
Nadindi wrote:
I hate tea and foofy things
My heart just cracked in two ;__;
Well...I don't hate foofy things. But I don't exactly like them. XD
And I do despise tea.
The complete truth. Sorry if I ruined any childhood dreams. >___>
And I thought so highly of you T.T
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loobywright wrote:
Nadindi wrote:
I hate tea and foofy things
My heart just cracked in two ;__;
That is because it is made of stone! BWAHAHA.
I say verily now and then when I'm being goofy. Ergo is a little rarer but mostly because people generally would say Speak E-N-G-L-I-S-H, that ain't English ya bloody tosser, speak prop-pa.
Or some other mangled midlander rubbish like that. Too many dropped vowels and such down 'ere or up 'ere if you are a Southna.
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Lol. I'm a Southerner :) So I do speak with quite a posh accent. Compared to you foreign folks anyway. XD
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Nadindi wrote:
And I do despise tea.
Dude you're killiiiiing meeee
it's a good job I love you Nads ;P hahaSerialVER wrote:
That is because it is made of stone! BWAHAHA.
*stabs*SerialVER wrote:
I say verily now and then when I'm being goofy. Ergo is a little rarer but mostly because people generally would say Speak E-N-G-L-I-S-H, that ain't English ya bloody tosser, speak prop-pa.
Or some other mangled midlander rubbish like that. Too many dropped vowels and such down 'ere or up 'ere if you are a Southna.
Or some other mangled midlander rubbish like that. Too many dropped vowels and such down 'ere or up 'ere if you are a Southna.
I've never used "verily" or "ergo" in a conversation.
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loobywright wrote:
Nadindi wrote:
And I do despise tea.
Dude you're killiiiiing meeee
it's a good job I love you Nads ;P hahaHahaa I wuv yoouuu toooooo
And you do know what Nads means right? o_o I'm never sure if you're insulting me or not. LAWL.
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Aside from that, I've used such words before, but that's only 'cause I know them well enough to throw them out when they're relevent - and I'm not even gay. :D
Honestly, I think the real question is WHY does it matter if Edgey's British...since no real nationality is mentioned in the Western games, his nationality is still very much up in the air. He may be an overly posh British-American, or just a generally over-the-top British migratee...after all, they didn't exactly state his father was strictly American either. Without anything solid to really go on, though, it's up to the Player to decide independently.
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Nadindi wrote:
Hahaa I wuv yoouuu toooooo
And you do know what Nads means right? o_o I'm never sure if you're insulting me or not. LAWL.
And I HEART your avatar. SERIOUSLY.
XD
Yeah if I'd said "I love your nads", that's when you should be creeped out lmao! But of course I'd never insult you =O
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Honestly, I think the real question is WHY does it matter if Edgey's British...since no real nationality is mentioned in the Western games, his nationality is still very much up in the air. He may be an overly posh British-American, or just a generally over-the-top British migratee...after all, they didn't exactly state his father was strictly American either. Without anything solid to really go on, though, it's up to the Player to decide independently.
I think those of us who are British and
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loobywright wrote:
XD
Yeah if I'd said "I love your nads", that's when you should be creeped out lmao! But of course I'd never insult you =O
And thank you! <3 I'm almost having sex with yours though XD
Yeah if I'd said "I love your nads", that's when you should be creeped out lmao! But of course I'd never insult you =O
And thank you! <3 I'm almost having sex with yours though XD
Good to know ^^;;
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(My theory is that while the stereotype seems to suit him, I'm going with the idea put forth that he spent a fair amount of time living abroad anyway. I don't think his accent is overly English... just like I don't think the Gavins sound particularly German, either.)
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so I'm sorry if anyone thought edgeworth was canadian.
... Maybe Edgeworth's just an anglophile and fakes the accent? (because he is, of course, a pathetic fanboy)
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... Maybe Edgeworth's just an anglophile and fakes the accent? (because he is, of course, a pathetic fanboy)
Ok. THIS I LOVE
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Colonel Olrik wrote:
Nadindi wrote:
Just for the record.
I'm British and I hate tea and foofy things, and never say things like 'Ergo, verily."
I'm British and I hate tea and foofy things, and never say things like 'Ergo, verily."
Well of course. After all, the Scots, Irish and Welsh don't like tea very much. But the English do.
So which are you? England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales? Inside, outside, on the scales?
I usually use "ergo", but very rarely "verily".
Ireland isn't British.
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P!ATD wrote:
Colonel Olrik wrote:
Nadindi wrote:
Just for the record.
I'm British and I hate tea and foofy things, and never say things like 'Ergo, verily."
I'm British and I hate tea and foofy things, and never say things like 'Ergo, verily."
Well of course. After all, the Scots, Irish and Welsh don't like tea very much. But the English do.
So which are you? England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales? Inside, outside, on the scales?
I usually use "ergo", but very rarely "verily".
Ireland isn't British.
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom.
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Nadindi wrote:
*runs into a corner to cry*
Lol. I'm a Southerner :) So I do speak with quite a posh accent. Compared to you foreign folks anyway. XD
(I love you all really <3)
Lol. I'm a Southerner :) So I do speak with quite a posh accent. Compared to you foreign folks anyway. XD
(I love you all really <3)
*wants to hear your posh accent* 8D
loobywright wrote:
Femme Fatale wrote:
... Maybe Edgeworth's just an anglophile and fakes the accent? (because he is, of course, a pathetic fanboy)
Ok. THIS I LOVE
XDMe too. 8D
silhouette wrote:
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom.
But doesn't "British" just imply someone from Great Britain, and not necessarily the UK? Or maybe I'm confused. ^_^;; When I think British, I think "England."
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When I think English, when speaking of nationalities, I think of people from England.
This whole England/Great Britain/United Kingdom thing is so confusing.
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silhouette wrote:
P!ATD wrote:
Ireland isn't British.
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom.
'Ireland' normally means the Republic of Ireland, which isn't British at all.
Britain is the island England, Scotland and Wales are on, but the United Kingdom is a "sovereign state", according to Wikipedia. I dunno what that means though, a country probably. Ireland's not part of the UK though.
Hope I made sense.
Edit-OK, so it's months and months after I posted this, but I just noticed I made 3 very big spelling mistakes, so I decided to correct them hahaha. XD
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silhouette wrote:
When I think British, I think any one from the UK.
When I think English, when speaking of nationalities, I think of people from England.
This whole England/Great Britain/United Kingdom thing is so confusing.
When I think English, when speaking of nationalities, I think of people from England.
This whole England/Great Britain/United Kingdom thing is so confusing.
Wales is underrated. It's better than England
Moo.
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Ok yeah anyway.
When I think British I think of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales LOL
My Geography is pretty bad though..
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loobywright wrote:
OMFG a PATD avi <33333 (ooh and name 8D)
Ok yeah anyway.
When I think British I think of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales LOL
My Geography is pretty bad though..
Ok yeah anyway.
When I think British I think of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales LOL
My Geography is pretty bad though..
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I just don't like Pretty. Odd.. It's not even half as good as AFYCSOYeah, I checked on Wikipedia just to be safe. XD But whatever.
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Now, those "European" traits translate as "British" traits to Americans. Thus when localisasing Mitsurugi into Edgeworth, what the Japanese intended as "German", by way of "European", is transformed into "British" as the Americans see it. I guess you could say it's like how people from Osaka are always turned into Texans when the anime/game they're in is localised in the US. Here in England we'd probably turn them into Cornish people.
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Arkillian wrote:
Oh- wow, really? That's cool ^^ Were all the German characters American? Like Klavier?
I'm pretty sure that in the Japanese version, Klavier was also from America. Or at least studied there. Something along those lines.
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Teclo wrote:
Ah damn it, there goes that theory. It's interesting that they're American in the original version... They all seem to stereotypically "European" (here we go with the speech marks again) and not even remotely like Americans, stereotypically or not. That said, now that I think about it, they're meant to be very highly educated Americans and the accompanying stereotype is that of Americans who act "British". Edgy seems more British because he's more genteel and "cultured" (i.e. drinks tea) but the Capcom USA localisation team found the Von Karmas to be more maniacal and cruel which, stereotypically, fits the Germans rather than the British. All the discipline, gloves and whips... I guess, to the Japanese, the Von Karmas were stereotypically American in that they were bossy and rude, two traits I know the Japanese can attach to Americans when the desire to stereotype occurs.
Stereotypes are so fascinating. Is there website or something that lists them?
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Teclo wrote:
Edgy seems more British because he's more genteel and "cultured" (i.e. drinks tea)
Couldn't help but snigger at this XD
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silhouette wrote:
Stereotypes are so fascinating. Is there website or something that lists them?
Sort of... (click here)
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Teclo wrote:
silhouette wrote:
Stereotypes are so fascinating. Is there website or something that lists them?
Sort of... (click here)
You fool! Do you realise what you have unleashed! Now I'll just browse one page on TVTropes...
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