I wonder if that means being strapped which means in translation broke. Sincerely, Jason windowslive contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype contact kb3icc This is Jason known as Blind Fury ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help!
> Pants equals bad, smelly and generally rubbish. I suspect this is an > englishism, the way ornary is strictly Us. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! > > >> What is meant by being "utterly pants"? That's one I've never heard >> before. >> Thanks. >> >> --- >> Laughter is the best medicine. Look around you and find a dose. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:05 AM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! >> >> >>> Agreed tom, clarity is very necessary, and I've certainly encountered >>> people >>> with such accents at my un (though as I said, not counting my russian >>> friend). >>> >>> In fact, I would not use someone with a highly pronounced newcastle >>> accent >>> (a jordy accent as it's known up here), in a game because unless your >>> used >>> to it, it can be slightly uninteligeable. >>> >>> My main disagreement was with your example of topspeed 2 as being >>> unclear >>> and unatmospheric, ---- personally I didn't have a problem with the >>> voice >>> in >>> the game, and I actually felt the european English gave things a nice >>> Grandprix type atmosphere, sinse I personally always associate >>> motorracing >>> with continental europe. >>> >>> the fact that I'm utterly pants at racing was my main obstacle in >>> topspeed >>> 2. >>> I also didn't find the accent there unclear at all. >>> >>> Obviously though, there's going to be a fair amount of individuality in >>> this, and I will admit I generally prefer humans to synths, ---- unless >>> they >>> are very bad human voices, or very good synths such as the scansoft >>> voices. >>> >>> Beware the Grue! >>> >>> Dark. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:41 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! >>> >>> >>>> Hi Dark, >>>> Well, my issue with accented English was more to do with clarity rather >>>> than to do with acting and context. By all means if you have need of a >>>> Russian spy like in a James Bond type setting get a Russian to play the >>>> part as it will sound more authentic. If you are doing a game on World >>>> War II and you need a person to play the part of a German officer then >>>> by all means get someone with a Germanic accent. Accent really depends >>>> on the type of story or setting being told. >>>> One of my friends, Silvia, was from Germany, and she was pretty clear. >>>> Her English was very clear and her accent was not very strong. However, >>>> I did meet others in college who had very broken English and a very >>>> thick accent of their native language and it was difficult to always >>>> piece there words together with the accent and broken English. That >>>> would not be good in a game. >>>> >>>> Dark wrote: >>>>> I must admit, I disagree with you here tom. >>>>> >>>>> It's probably something to do with being English and getting lots of >>>>> american films, tv etc, but I have no problem with accents so long as >>>>> the >>>>> speech is understandable. >>>>> >>>>> One of my very best friends is russian, and though she's lived in the >>>>> uk >>>>> sinse she was twelve, she stil has a noticeable russian accent, ---- >>>>> actually if I ever need a female barbarian warrior for a game I was >>>>> going >>>>> to >>>>> ask for her voice tallents (a roll she'd fulfill very well, though >>>>> slightly >>>>> type cast, lol!). >>>>> >>>>> Obviously there is situational type casting, ---- afterall if your yee >>>>> old >>>>> arthurian England knight is speaking with a German accent, there's >>>>> something >>>>> wrong, but generally I don't mind. >>>>> >>>>> In fact, ---- appologies for saying, but i find American accents in >>>>> very >>>>> Arthurian or tolkeen like fantasy slightly incongruous. Not off >>>>> putting, --- >>>>> I'd just prefer an English accent in that context given the choice >>>>> sinse >>>>> it >>>>> seems to go with the genre for me, ---- the way a very English cowboy >>>>> in >>>>> the >>>>> old west would just sound wrong. >>>>> >>>>> I fully agree with you on the clarity issue though, if an accent is so >>>>> pronounced as to be unclear to non-natives of that accent, it's not >>>>> going >>>>> to >>>>> be great in an audiogame. >>>>> >>>>> beware the Grue! >>>>> >>>>> Dark. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>> list, >>>> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG. >>>> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.8/1362 - Release Date: >>>> 06/04/2008 11:12 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.8/1362 - Release Date: >> 06/04/2008 11:12 >> >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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