That would be the correct interpretation
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When I first read it, I of course had a picture of Hugh Laurie's Mad Prince Ludwig in my minds eye, and so I reading it a bit the way he spoke, which was unfair to the way you actually wrote it, and of course not appropriate to a Spaniard, as Hugh was playing a German. I reread it again now and it worked better. Did it sound Spanish? Well I'm not really sure what a parody of a Spaniard should sound like. I only really have Manuel from Faulty Towers to work with
. Parodying German is so much easier.
I will admit, I can't claim to have a great knowledge of the intricacies of Spanish dialects and accents, but Neither can I claim to have been going for completely accuracy in the update, so I'll take Prince Ludwig as a compliment!
Am I to take that as your initial post being facetious, and you just taking the opportunity to use one of my own comments against me? That, sir, is low!
When you referred to me as 'the author' I must admit my suspicions were aroused that you weren't being entirely serious, but in hindsight the accent issue is a valid concern. Whatever your reasons for bringing it up; thanks Gen!
I love it if the game gives you fun rebellions, I got overthrown around times in my Portugal game :rofl:
To my mind the words 'fun' and 'rebellion' don't sit too well together...
Good to see you here, BR.
I don't have a problem with accent. But then again I don't know the accent.
I'm not entirely sure I know it...
Thanks for the comment, Nikolai.
A very enjoyable update, how with Lord Norfolk fair against EUIV's improved rebels?
I imagine if you're having a fairly typical experience in the game so far, this could well be the first of many Sherwin has to deal with! The Catholic connection is interesting, could we be seeing some religious rebellions as well as the Cornish rising up?
The Catholic population of England will endeavour to make the rest of the country aware of their presence for the rest of the game. I had a pretty large revolt quite early on. The Cornish rebels are actually Catholic – though they don't stop there. Soon they'll be popping up all over the Home Counties!
Given your talent for portraying west country accents in the first Norfolk AAR and the fact that the rebels were Cornish, I did find your choice of accent rather perplexing at first. I thought you were going to do the Spanish jailer at one point, but I actually thought the accent you used read closer to the revolutionary jailer (Chris Barrie?) from the Pimpernel episode in season three. That is to say, it came off more French than it did Spanish.
I'll take that. I write accents – like most, I imagine – by saying the sentence aloud and then transcribing as best I can. A lot of now I was characterising Egidio was based off our old evil revolutionary friend (you would be correct in that he is portrayed by Mr. Chris Barrie.)
As for the choice of accent itself; the game, in its wisdom, decided that it would be a good idea to give me a Cornish rebellion lead by an 'Egidio Bembo,' who, to me, sounds decidedly not Cornish. I decided that I would draw inspiration from the esteemed Signore Leonardo Acropolis (the artist in 'Money') and write our rebel leader with a really silly Romance accent.
And it should go without saying that we'll be seeing some West Country accents soon enough.
Thank you all for your feedback and opinions. I always appreciate it when, as an author, one can have such a good dialogue with one's readers – especially when stuff like characterisation needs clarification.
Provided I have time after various other commitments this weekend, I hoping to our next update up around Sunday evening or Monday. If not, Wednesday will be the aim.
'Uhzair!