Accents and the Pronunciation Guide

[rolanni]

Down in another topic, Bob presumes the following, which it strikes me may be a common presumption, so I bring the answer to the top where it can be seen by all. Thank you, Bob, for asking.

I presume that the Solcintra accent will be used ?

No. I'm afraid that presumption is inaccurate. Neither Steve nor I have a Solcintran accent. Or a Chonseltan accent. Or even an Outworld accent. We are mere Terrans, and world-bound, too.

Yes, I live in fear that, in the blessedly unlikely event that we should meet, our characters would despise us.

That aside, the accents you will hear will be delivered in purest Baltimore-crossed-with-Maine and the pronunciations Eastern-Seaboard-of-the-US-lower-middle-class-English-informed-by-high-school-Spanish.

We did not, because we cannot, promise Authentic Solcintran, though if anyone knows of a visitor to these climes who has such an accent and who would be willing to accommodate us, we would be in their debt. What we do promise is the authors' pronunciation guide -- i.e. How We Say It.

Comments

[otterb.livejournal.com]

I'll be happy to hear the author's pronunciation guide.

What *I* want are video clips of the various bows.

clips of the various bows

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

I forget, is there a bow that means "No way!" :)

Re: clips of the various bows

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Some of the bows also have elaborate hand-motions as part of them. Might be that "no way" can be inferred by the hand motion portions of a bow.

Re: clips of the various bows

[dmellieon.livejournal.com]

LOLaW (Laugh Out Loud at Work)! I can just imagine the "hand motion" for that bow. Seen almost every day on the highway! Thank you for the laugh, it's brighten my otherwise gloomy morning tremendously.
In my head I hear the Liadens with British accents and Terrans with American unless otherwise given such as Aussie. The High Houses with the "Royal" British accents, lower houses with the other British accents. As for the bows I've always imagine them being across between the French and Japanese courts.

Re: clips of the various bows

[queenmaggie.livejournal.com]

That just made me laugh, too!

Re: clips of the various bows

[barb-in-md.livejournal.com]

I always pictured the bows as variants of the 17th & 18th century "making a leg"--the often elaborate male bow with one leg forward and a great swooping flourish of hat or handkerchief.

[(Anonymous)]

An addition, as long as we are asking for what we want (and the author's will determine their willingness to provide), an definitive guide to the Liaden Scout version of hand-talk, up to and possibly including the extensions necessary for discussing philosophy.

Failing that, I would settle for another dozen Liaden Universe books. There must be at least that many loose ends of stories running through the narratives.

Bob

[drammar.livejournal.com]

The one thing I will miss about Facebook (having recently retired from there) is the "Like" button. I would use it here.

Disappointed

[claire774.livejournal.com]

I'm disappointed. I thought we were going to get the correct Liaden pronunciation. We'll have to be content with hearing the words with a heavy Terran accent. Oh well. Certainly better than nothing. At least it should be intelligible. As you said in "Guaranteed Delivery" Aelianna spoke Terran with a heavy accent but was still entirely intelligible. That's the main thing. You don't want to ask "where is the hotel?" and it comes out "my uncle doesn't doesn't like me" or some such.
C.