Originally Posted by vometia
Originally Posted by Aurgelmir
Seems to me it's mostly Americans who find it "off putting"? I guess to them it's something exotic, where as us Europeans are more used to British accents?

I think it comes down to a mistaken belief in there being a "standard English" that has no accent; for Americans, it's an American newsreader accent and they don't seem to understand it simply sounds like a generic American accent to everyone else, not an English one.

Obviously it's not only Americans who do this. As a Geordie who spent some time living in Hertfordshire I never heard the end of how outrageous it was that I had an indecipherable provincial accent compared to their no-accent-at-all. It was quite amusing listening to them having the same argument with Cockneys who also used the same argument, with everyone being largely incomprehensible to each other.

It's slightly tiring seeing all British accents described as "posh" and "snobby" though: I mean considering my PC is a rough-as-a-badger's-arse Cockney who I'm sure is about to yell "gercha!" at someone.



I think most Americans have trouble discerning the different regional accents of Britain. By default, to the American ear, English accents sound posh or, depending on the person's inclinations, snobbish. I can definitely see how this could become obnoxious. Personally, I love all British accents and, yeah, when compared to American accents, they do sound higher class--even when they're not. Look at how often Micheal Caine get's cast in posh roles in American movies. His cockney may be tempered but it's still there. Perhaps it's cultural conditioning?

I find it funny how often I've seen the goblins described as having "posh" accents. Yeah, they sound British, but they sound like gritty thugs. lol I think it gives them a lot of character.


Originally Posted by Dinvan
Fantasy races having British accents has been a staple for years(trope?). Americans get to do cowboy accents lol.


D: Cowboy accents.