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minus-square@merc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink20•1 year agoLet’s see. Dwarves: Billy-Bob Thornton’s accent from Sling Blade. Elves: Transatlantic accent. Used by stars in the 1930s/1940s. Hobbits: Cajun. Makes sense, they love food, live a rural life, etc. Orcs: NYC accent Goblins: Chicago Accent Or, if you wanted to go international. Dwarves: Gotta go with the classic. Glasgow. Elves: South African. I think it can sound smart but foreign-influenced, as elves should. Hobbits: Aussie Orcs: NYC accent again Goblins: Newfoundland accent
minus-square@cmbabul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoTransatlantic for the elves is a stroke of fucking genius Edit: I’d also like to advocate for southern Appalachian for hobbits, prohibition era gangsters for orcs, and Midwestern for Tom Bombadil specifically
minus-square@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Sling Blade Transatlantic accent Cajun NYC accent Chicago Accent Glasgow South African. Aussie NYC accent Newfoundland accent Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Let’s see.
Dwarves: Billy-Bob Thornton’s accent from Sling Blade.
Elves: Transatlantic accent. Used by stars in the 1930s/1940s.
Hobbits: Cajun. Makes sense, they love food, live a rural life, etc.
Orcs: NYC accent
Goblins: Chicago Accent
Or, if you wanted to go international.
Dwarves: Gotta go with the classic. Glasgow.
Elves: South African. I think it can sound smart but foreign-influenced, as elves should.
Hobbits: Aussie
Orcs: NYC accent again
Goblins: Newfoundland accent
Transatlantic for the elves is a stroke of fucking genius
Edit: I’d also like to advocate for southern Appalachian for hobbits, prohibition era gangsters for orcs, and Midwestern for Tom Bombadil specifically
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Sling Blade
Transatlantic accent
Cajun
NYC accent
Chicago Accent
Glasgow
South African.
Aussie
NYC accent
Newfoundland accent
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.