Talk:Accent

Kansai accent/dialect

Someone who knows more about Japan, can you please throw something in here about the use of regional accents/dialects in Japanese media? I know Kansai is supposed to suggest a kind of naivety or bumpkin-like mentality, but I don't know much more than that. Are there other accents that are used similarly? And is there a 'default' sort of voice, like how most TFs from the Western fiction have that generic Midwestern news reader accent (or lack thereof?) Hooper_X 08:31, 16 April 2009 (EDT)

I know that instead of "-san", they use "-han". --Sabrblade 00:38, 27 July 2009 (EDT)

I can go into this more if people so desire. BTW, standard Japanese is called Hyōjungo. Evan1975 23:55, 14 November 2011 (EST)

Before the crash

Was there a big discussion here before the crash? Google cache is long gone by now. --fleb 22:43, 8 June 2009 (EDT)

Better off. --Thylacine 2000 23:04, 8 June 2009 (EDT)

To quote Mr. Worf, You have no idea. It was epic. Mind you, doesn't seem like such a "stupid" debate now that major news outlets are talking about, does it?114.78.235.104 00:58, 26 June 2009 (EDT)

Yeah, I referenced this on the Talk:Jetfire (ROTF) page. Pacifist Prime it was!!! Drmick 06:47, 4 July 2009 (EDT)

IIRC, the debate began after someone used this page to start compiling a list of specific accents and the characters who had them. The dangers of race/culture conflation became immediately apparent, and everybody had an opinion.... - Jackpot 04:00, 27 July 2009 (EDT)

And opinions are like assholes - Everyone's got one, but yours stinks and is full of shit. Hooper_X 09:09, 27 July 2009 (EDT)

List of Accents

Would anyone mind me compiling a list of some of the more obvious accents in TFdom? Vague accents (like ROTF Jetfire or the Twins) would be ignored, but some characters (like Metroplex or Mudflap) have clear accents. Tom Servo the Great 10:58, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

Actually, yes. Before the Bookworm Crash, there was a huge discussion about this. It was decided that the article was better off not having a big list of accents. --Detour 11:07, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

OK. Tom Servo the Great 11:18, 4 October 2011 (EDT)

New main pic

Cosmos doesn’t actually have a Spanish accent, it’s a bad impression of Peter Lorre. Plus, it doesn’t make sense to try to have a picture of a sound. Maybe instead, we have a picture of IDW Brainstorm; either the MAAB/MARB scene or the KNEE-cro-titan scene. Cylasbreakdown (talk) 15:02, 13 September 2022 (EDT)