Speaking in common as a dwarf.

Algon · Post by **Algon** » Wed May 19, 2004 4:38 pm

I have been doing some research, I would like to create a Dwarven character, but I would like to know what is expected of one. The problem that I am having is the address for the language is not right. I am probably just doing something wrong. But here is the address that I have been trying.

http://www.delving.com/langmain.html

All I get is an URL not found error.

Timaeus · Post by **Timaeus** » Wed May 19, 2004 5:11 pm

The whole of the Dwarven Delving website has changed format. I have yet to have the time to go through and find where they moved the articles and resources. You could try the http://www.delving.com url and then try to locate language resources.

Laelith · Post by **Laelith** » Thu May 20, 2004 8:21 am

However, there is also the argument that dwarves from as far apart as just 20 miles would have accents that may be wildly different (In Scotland, the accent dwarvish is based on, that is certainly the case).

Remind me to ask a few people if I sound like a dwarf.

Gwain · Post by **Gwain** » Thu May 20, 2004 10:00 pm

Dwarven is a hearty language of individuals that busy themselves yelling over hammer blows and the constant sound of a pick. But I would be hard pressed to find a real world example of dwarvish. Tolkien's dwarves spoke quite eloquently and I think that the dwarves of fk speak an accent of their own world. That comes about because of the infusion of their native tongue and varios others. What we could be hearing when a dwarve speaks is their wordings being reflected in our tongue. What a dwarf sounds like when he speaks elven is mostlikely different for though he still has his "yers" and "donnaes" and "innaes" about his words, he is speaking elvish so they become in a sense an adstraction of the elvish. In other words the language of other races affects those of other races. Scotish accents might appear simmiliare but depending on the dwarf there is a variance. Its like the difference between Gaelic and Norrœna, though they can be traced to ruffly the same areas of the United kingdom Norrœna, is closer to old norse and holds only small ties to gaelic.

Of course this might not be totally true since dwarven accents are based on imagination and interpretation which allows for anyhting as long as it makes sense.

Algon · Post by **Algon** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:59 pm

Well, I have looked everywhere and cannot find anything that shows how a Dwarf would sound. Though I did find some of the actual Dwarven language. So I was wondering if perhaps a long time Dwarven player would be kind enough to sit down and give some of us a small example of how one should sound. Nothing long and drawn out , just a little bit so we can have an overall idea.
Thanks,

Laelith · Post by **Laelith** » Fri May 21, 2004 1:37 pm

"Aw shut yer mooth ye cheeky fooker! Ah'm no scared ae ye! I'll gie ye a square go anyday ye like, ya bastard! REET!! You 'n me - ootside - noo!"

That was pure class! Have you been reading Trainspotting lately Mystra?

If anyone would like any suggestions for pronounciation I'd be happy to help. I knew being from the freezing north would come in handy one day.

Timaeus · Post by **Timaeus** » Fri May 21, 2004 10:01 pm

Yes those are from the Dwarven Delving language pages. Still haven't found them on their new website.

Algon · Post by **Algon** » Mon May 24, 2004 4:48 pm

For some reason that link is working now.

http://www.delving.com/speak.html
Must have been a server issue.

Saiden · Post by **Saiden** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:44 pm

I believe this was brought up before, but never heard the results, and now can't find the string.

But I was wondering if all races had to use accents when they speak in their own language.

Like if a dwarf spoke in dwarven, would the player still have to type:

say Ah t'ink Ah'm gonna head on up from under da mount'n, an go sell some o' me metals to dem tall ones in watery deep.

I can understand typing like that in common, or other languages not his own.

Gwain · Post by **Gwain** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:52 pm

http://www.forgottenkingdoms.com/board/ ... ht=accents

Found it in two minutes by typing the word Accent into the search option at the top of the forum

In the future don't forget to check with the search function, just type in a part of the subject or a keyword you think might relate to it. No worries though.

Exer · Post by **Exer** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:20 am

For any new subject you want to open, please use the search function first. See if the subject is already started. If it is, then post it under that thread. If not, then go for it and open a new one

It makes it easier to keep all that info is well organized!

Thanks!

Tortus · Post by **Tortus** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:36 pm

Kudos to Sharni for posting all those dwarven words, but can you really actually use them in the game?
I think it was said in a discussion about the elven language that you couldn't use elven words in-game, since not everyone knows what they mean.

Just to clarify, is this correct, and does this apply to the dwarven words as well?

Wenin · Post by **Wenin** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:29 pm

I ran into a dwarven character this morning that had an accent so thick that it had my head spinning to decipher it. I liked it! =)

But I have to say, the next time I talk to this character I'll be busting out my sad Dwarven skill to speak to him..... hopefully if he speaks back in dwarven... it will be without the accent. =) Otherwise what's the point of learning dwarven, but to speak to the few Dwarven NPC merchants? =)

Speaking in common as a dwarf.

Speaking in common as a dwarf.

Accents

Accents