Dwarven Accent

[Gift Jeraff]

In the #1133 thread, people are discussing why some dwarves have the iconic accent and others don't, so I've decided to compile all he dwarves we've seen speak (a decent amount) throughout the comic. Please point out any dwarf I may have missed. It is of course worth noting that the accent is inconsistent even when it comes to a single dwarf.

Have the Accent:

Durkon Thundershield
High Priest Hurak
Brewmaster Blackore
Kaboom Redaxe (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0229.html)
Sigdi Thundershield
Dwarf who fell (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0947.html)
Thor's nuts guy
Kandro
Hoskin
Logann
Tenrin Thundershield (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0991.html) (crayon)
1 of Sigdi's female soldiers (crayon)
1 of Sigdi's male soldiers (crayon)
2nd Creed of Stone victim (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0996.html)
Logann's sister (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1086.html)
Border patrol sergeant (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1090.html)
Rogo (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1094.html)

Sabine (as dwarven blacksmith (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0134.html))
Vampire Durkon (over time)
Young Thirden (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0958.html) (inconsistent (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1129.html))
Logann's mother (inconsistent)


Don't Have:

Hilgya Firehelm
Ivan
Anti-arbor soldier (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0150.html)
Anti-arbor captain
Mr. Real Blacksmith (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0174.html)
Odin's priest (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1096.html)
Kraagor (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0276.html) (crayon)
Dungeon of Dorukan builder #1 (crayon)
Dungeon of Dorukan builder #2 (crayon)
Dungeon of Dorukan builder #3 (crayon)
Duergar Arms Smuggler (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0531.html)
Thirden
Shirra
Sigdi's soldier who grabbed the treasure chest (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1127.html)
Priest shocked at Fetus Durkon's survival (crayon)
Priestess who raised the 5 miners (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1128.html)
Gontor Hammerfell
Female dwarf who would become one of the few vampires to survive the Godsmoot (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0994.html)
High Priestess Rubyrock (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1024.html)
Dvalin (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1016.html) (technically no longer a dwarf)
High Priestess of Frigg
High Priest of Freyr
Hel's female subject #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1082.html)
Hel's female subject #2
Janna (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1087.html)
Minrah
Tinna (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1094.html)
Race announcer (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1114.html)
Hilgya's eldest brother
Hilgya's other brother
Hilgya's other other brother
Orientation priest (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1112.html)
Dwarf who brought in the miners' corpses

[hamishspence]

The dwarven assassin has some accent:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0232.html

but it's not quite as "Scottish" as Durkon's is.

[martianmister]

Must be cultural imperialism!

[hroþila]

Impressive work!

Might be a sociolect thing, since there doesn't seem to be a geographic pattern. It doesn't seem to depend on rank or social status either, although most characters you'd consider high rank seem not to speak with the accent. Might be more of an ethnolect then, but one where the ethnic group has nothing to do with race. Or maybe the dwarves as a whole are in the process of transitioning from a native dialect to a foreign one, and it varies from one family to the next. Or perhaps this is the result of relatively recent internal migration and they're simply dialects after all. Or perhaps we could imagine a world where Scots gets revitalized and it coexists with English on a similar footing and without the diglossia.

[TheSaracen]

I must thank the thread creator for his diligent comic-combing. I also agree that now that I'm looking at the whole list of Dwarves with/without the accent, it does seem more likely that it's not geography based particularly strongly.

[brian 333]

Noo laddie, wha be this accent ye be speakin'aboot?

[Particle_Man]

I would also be curious to hear from our Scottish posters as to how accurate the accent is portrayed with Durkon and the other dwarves with said accent.

[skim172]

Clearly, what we're observing is the generational change in pronunciation - no doubt due to influence of the BBC, once more relentlessly spreading their Received Pronunciation through the airwaves and quashing local dialects, even among quasi-Hibernian fictional humanoids.

Damn those southern bastards.

[Tarthalion]

I would also be curious to hear from our Scottish posters as to how accurate the accent is portrayed with Durkon and the other dwarves with said accent.
Not Scottish, but very familiar with the various accents north of the border.

In Scotland, Durkon's accent would be noticed as patchy and often inaccurate, somewhat like an American doing a pretty good imitation, but... since Durkon is neither in Scotland nor Scottish, it's somewhat immaterial.

[nolongeralurker]

Thank you for compiling this list! It's something I wanted to do but wouldn't have had the time/patience to. I'm glad the forum exists so we can share, and build on, wheels instead of reinventing them!

[nolongeralurker]

You forgot the three dungeon-building dwarves who spoke with a "normal" accent (#276).

[Gift Jeraff]

The dwarven assassin has some accent:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0232.html

but it's not quite as "Scottish" as Durkon's is.


You forgot the three dungeon-building dwarves who spoke with a "normal" accent (#276).

Thank you. Updated.

[Dargaron]

You forgot the three dungeon-building dwarves who spoke with a "normal" accent (#276).

To be honest, I'd always thought those were just bearded gnomes. Couldn't imagine a dwarf saying "rumpus room."

Of course, that was before gnomes had appeared in-comic, IIRC.