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Post by Stoneflower on Jan 8, 2017 20:08:01 GMT -5
So here's my theory: The clans have been around long enough for each clan to have a different accent. I don't know how to describe accents, so I'll just give an example of the closest human accent:
Riverclan-French, or something else with a lot of elegance. Shadowclan-Russian or German, something a bit harsher, but quite lovely once you get used to the sounds. Having such an accent could also add to the reason why other clans are so intimidated by shadowclan cats. Thunderclan-British? Irish? I can't think of anything that would fit them. I feel like their clan in now a mix of dialects, due to having so many kittypets and loners in the clan. But may have started out as British or Irish. What do you guys think? Windclan-Chinese or Korean. I always pictured all the windclan cats as oriental cats. Korean and Chinese have always struck me as very noble, respectable languages, fitting for the extremely loyal, yet modest Windclan. Modern Skyclan-American, due to being influenced by a mix of firestar, loner life, and limited knowledge of the twoleg language. No one american accent in particular, every cat has a different one. Ancient Skyclan-Old Norse, Viking sort of accent. Because they are ancient. The other clans probably started out with something similar and evolved from there.
My take on other groups: Tribe of rushing water- Some form of native american dialect. Because of their names and territory. Either that or the Viking accent, seeing as how the clans originated from the tribe. And ancient skyclan had to have gotten their accent from somewhere. Kitty-pets: The ones by the forest territory have the typical suburban American accent, due to their twolegs. The ones by the lake territory and everywhere else have some form of a country accent.
I think their accents are always evolving, due to shifts in culture, half clan cats, and other new non-clanborn members. Not to mention feral cats don't live that long, so forty years in the forest territory might feel like a few centuries to them. Their trip to the lake territories and their meeting with the tribe also influenced younger cats, causing an eventual shift in accents as well, one that is just now becoming noticeable among current warriors.
All this is just my personal opinions/theories, if you have a different theory I would love to hear it!
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Post by Mᴏᴏɴ - - on Jan 8, 2017 20:17:46 GMT -5
I saw River as being more British, maybe French. Some peoople have said that RiverClanners are more Japanese, but I agree with you on the French there.
WindClan is definitely on the Oriental side; Chinese and Korean, maybe Japanese, even. WindClanners are naturally lithe and angular, and Oriental cats are the perfect match for that, in my opinion.
ThunderClan I see more as a mixture of American and British. I feel like the kittypets have "American" accents, while Thunder has more sophisticated, British ones. Eventually, the two intermixed, and the later generations have some cats with American accents & others with British.
ShadowClanners I see as German, with gruffer speech. Imagine Brokenstar with a German accent, haha.
Some kittypets/loners have country accents. (One of my HCs; cats like Purdy & Barley have very thick country accents.)
SkyClan is full-on American. Californian or Floridian, maybe?
And lastly, the Tribe is Native American, of course. Possibly Powhatan or Creek.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 20:18:07 GMT -5
I think the tribe would have a Cree accent. Maybe an Inuit greenland dilect or a Hopi langauge. Or since they live near the water fall maybe they speak any calfornian coast // British Columbianian coast native langauge
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 20:21:43 GMT -5
As for the clans
Shadowclan : Hard russian accent or maybe Czech Republic.
Thunderclan : Im thinking maybe Irish or Scottish. Some kind of mixture.
Riverclan : Defentily French. I see the comparisons. But maybe also Italy as they do live by water.
Windclan : Japanese for sure.
Old Skyclan : Some old dilect of british.
Modern Skyclan : American. Different dilects in the clan itself
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Post by Stoneflower on Jan 8, 2017 20:30:49 GMT -5
I think the tribe would have a Cree accent. Maybe an Inuit greenland dilect or a Hopi langauge. Or since they live near the water fall maybe they speak any calfornian coast // British Columbianian coast native langauge Whoa! I really like the Inuit idea!
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Post by Alpha on Jan 8, 2017 20:33:28 GMT -5
WindClan - American southern accent ShadowClan - Seattleite accent ThunderClan- British accent RiverClan - They've all been pretty american. This is built off of my AU. I tried to give every Clan accents, but they all turned american(except for ThunderClan).
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Post by Tas on Mar 9, 2017 20:57:45 GMT -5
I like the idea of RiverClan having smooth british accents, though French would work too.
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on Mar 10, 2017 11:01:52 GMT -5
I like the idea of River being Japanese and Wind being French.
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Post by perfectlypink♥ on Mar 11, 2017 17:36:05 GMT -5
I feel like I've heard somewhere that one of the Erin's actually was asked about this once, and that she imagined Shadowclan cats would be British, and sound somewhat like Alan Rickman. I'll try to see if I can copy a link that proves this later
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Post by Owlmoon on Mar 14, 2017 6:59:43 GMT -5
I was thinking TC for american. Otherwise I agree with Sparrow.
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Post by perfectlypink♥ on Mar 19, 2017 20:05:54 GMT -5
I've always imagined the Tribe of Rushing Water to have some sort of African accent, maybe Jamaican?
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Post by raincloud456 on Mar 21, 2017 8:30:45 GMT -5
I agree with Owlstar
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Post by owlbranch on Mar 28, 2017 12:40:22 GMT -5
I've always thought the tribe would have sort of a Japanese accent.
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Post by Solarmyr on Mar 28, 2017 22:03:04 GMT -5
I've always imagined pretty much all of the clans as having different variations of British dialects, with the exception of Skyclan and The Tribe of Rushing Water, who both just kind of have mixed American accents depending on the character.
Thunderclan - Mixed, though the majority have a sort of West Country or Scouse accent. Maybe with some Scottish or Irish in there. Riverclan - Southern, high class Londoner-esque accents. HRP. Very formal and generally well-spoken. Shadowclan - North Eastern, Geordie accents. Basically just pure Cockney. Windclan - Northern Welsh or Edinburgh accents. They have very airy and sing-songy sort of voices.
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Post by perfectlypink♥ on Mar 29, 2017 7:31:53 GMT -5
I've always imagined pretty much all of the clans as having different variations of British dialects, with the exception of Skyclan and The Tribe of Rushing Water, who both just kind of have mixed American accents depending on the character.
Thunderclan - Mixed, though the majority have a sort of West Country or Scouse accent. Maybe with some Scottish or Irish in there. Riverclan - Southern, high class Londoner-esque accents. HRP. Very formal and generally well-spoken. Shadowclan - North Eastern, Geordie accents. Basically just pure Cockney. Windclan - Northern Welsh or Edinburgh accents. They have very airy and sing-songy sort of voices. Thunderclan cats with a Scottish accent would be amazing. I've also been wondering about what accents the actors in the Warriors movie will have
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Post by Solarmyr on Mar 29, 2017 11:51:17 GMT -5
I've always imagined pretty much all of the clans as having different variations of British dialects, with the exception of Skyclan and The Tribe of Rushing Water, who both just kind of have mixed American accents depending on the character.
Thunderclan - Mixed, though the majority have a sort of West Country or Scouse accent. Maybe with some Scottish or Irish in there. Riverclan - Southern, high class Londoner-esque accents. HRP. Very formal and generally well-spoken. Shadowclan - North Eastern, Geordie accents. Basically just pure Cockney. Windclan - Northern Welsh or Edinburgh accents. They have very airy and sing-songy sort of voices. Thunderclan cats with a Scottish accent would be amazing. I've also been wondering about what accents the actors in the Warriors movie will have Yeah, definitely. Particularly the likes of Tigerstar, Darksrtipe and Bluestar. It's definitely something worth wondering about. I mean, the likeliness of them using primarily American actors or just going by a character-by-character basis is pretty likely, but still. It'll be fun to see what they do with that.
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Post by Sablemoon on Apr 15, 2017 17:39:03 GMT -5
ThunderClan would definitely have British accents, except Graystripe. He'd have a good ole Southern American accent xD (LOL bad joke sorry)
I like the idea of WindClan as more oriental type accents, would be cool to see a Japanese Bobtail cat in the Clans.
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Post by darkforestwarrior on Apr 15, 2017 18:54:07 GMT -5
I've always imagined the accents are based on country, which would give all the clans British accents of some sort (I dont know them well enough to distinguish between various British accents but Riverclan would be sort of posh, Windclan more er, country sounding, Thunderclan sort of standard, and Shadowclan being...er, idk xD)
The tribe, in my mind, has a Welsh accent. Skyclan talks like city folk whatever that means.
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