DragonFlames Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Like the example in the topic title, there are multiple instances in Echoes where people feel the need to confirm something they said not five seconds earlier. As someone who studies language, this has piqued my interest, because I haven't seen or heard anything like it before I played Echoes. Does anyone know the reason why they do it? And if there is no special reason, is it just to give the Valentians some speech quirks of their own? If this is the wrong forum for this kind of post, I apologize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etrurian emperor Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Maybe medieval people had a tendency to do so? I got the impression that like Shadow dragon Echoes tried going for a more formal medieval speech unless it were really casual people like Mae and Deltea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotari Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 It doesn't seem that odd to my speech patterns. I think it is a sort of dialogue quirk that's used in regional parts of Ireland. I doubt that's where IS was taking it from, but the reason some people speak like that comes from some more literal translations of Irish to English when we were basically forced to speak the language a few centuries back. The same phenomenon probably happened in other medieval areas too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Maybe it's for emphasis? Other than that idk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertrick36 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I'm no expert on this type of thing, but I think it might be "commoner" flavor. I don't recall a time when any of the nobles said something like "it sure is" or "so they do" at the end of a sentence in such a manner (and if they did, it wasn't as frequent as the poorer folk), and it would make perfect sense since one of the big themes in Echoes is class division. Though again, I wouldn't know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFlames Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ertrick36 said: I'm no expert on this type of thing, but I think it might be "commoner" flavor. I don't recall a time when any of the nobles said something like "it sure is" or "so they do" at the end of a sentence in such a manner (and if they did, it wasn't as frequent as the poorer folk), and it would make perfect sense since one of the big themes in Echoes is class division. Though again, I wouldn't know for sure. Desaix says "And Worms they are!" as a "confirmation" in one scene, but otherwise, I would agree on the "commoner" flavour notion. Interestingly enough, none of the main cast uses that "quirk", even though commoners like Luthier, Gray, Tobin, Faye or Kliff would have every reason to. Edited April 24, 2018 by DragonFlames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azz Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 It's probably just colloquialism. I know a lot of older people that live in the countryside of Ireland (Including my grandparents) speak like that. It's just how hey talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 It's a quirk. It's a way of talking. I've heard this type of talk often enough that I don't understand why it warrants mention. In other words: how it possible to have never heard this type of thing before?? PS: I'm a prairie bumpkin in Canada, for what it's worth. :v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFlames Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 10 hours ago, Azz said: It's probably just colloquialism. I know a lot of older people that live in the countryside of Ireland (Including my grandparents) speak like that. It's just how hey talk. So people really do talk like that in real life, then? Interesting. 55 minutes ago, Sock said: It's a quirk. It's a way of talking. I've heard this type of talk often enough that I don't understand why it warrants mention. In other words: how it possible to have never heard this type of thing before?? PS: I'm a prairie bumpkin in Canada, for what it's worth. :v Well, to be fair, English isn't my first language and I live nowhere near the more rural areas of any English speaking countries, so I wouldn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertrick36 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 13 hours ago, Sock said: It's a quirk. It's a way of talking. I've heard this type of talk often enough that I don't understand why it warrants mention. If you're into studying dialects/language like the topic creator, then every way of talking bears mentioning, especially when media has speech mannerisms that deviate from the typical, which is some variant of an urban Californian dialect because most media comes out of the major cities in that state. I think a lot of the previous posts brought up some really interesting points. Regardless of if anyone's right about the specific reasoning why the devs had characters talk this way (we're most likely giving them more credit than they're due), it's cool to learn some new things about the English language and its usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I'm just giving perspective: I've heard it enough that it seems NORMAL to me. And you guys have given me perspective: I've been taking things like language usage for granted. My world has been so very small... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) It's common at least for certain characters in British media. I'm not a native speaker of English and can't speak for how common it is in real life, but it is definitely a common role language quirk. Purely based on anectdotal experience, it is either used to make things sound slightly more uneducated, old timey, or outside of England, British. I'm unsure if it has a proper term. At first I thought it was just "right dislocation", but it works more as confirmation or repetition. Sadly I can't look it up right now. Might do it when I get back home. Edited April 26, 2018 by Thane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dainank [Archive] Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Medieval people spoke like that, so they do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotari Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Dainank said: Medieval people spoke like that, so they do... so they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Well, as someone who's read a fair chunk of Le Morte D'Arthur, the compilation of Arthurian lore from 1485, I can tell you it's pretty common throughout. Much of Thomas Malory's hefty tome is filled with speech that seems redundant to the modern eye. As it stands I view it as flavor for the kind of tale they're telling. Actually when I think about it, Valentia, were it not retconned to continent size in Awakening, could have made for a pretty neat Medieval England/Ireland analogue. Think about it, a rift between North and South, just like the rift between Ireland and England. Then again, take that with a handful of salt, given I'm the guy who can't help but think of the Archanean continent as Asia, with Talys Island being Japan, or Elibe as Europe (which would also make the Western Isles England/Scotland/Ireland) despite the obvious problems with that line of thought on fantasy continents. Being that it doesn't line up with reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFlames Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Mad-manakete said: Well, as someone who's read a fair chunk of Le Morte D'Arthur, the compilation of Arthurian lore from 1485, I can tell you it's pretty common throughout. Much of Thomas Malory's hefty tome is filled with speech that seems redundant to the modern eye. As it stands I view it as flavor for the kind of tale they're telling. Actually when I think about it, Valentia, were it not retconned to continent size in Awakening, could have made for a pretty neat Medieval England/Ireland analogue. Think about it, a rift between North and South, just like the rift between Ireland and England. Then again, take that with a handful of salt, given I'm the guy who can't help but think of the Archanean continent as Asia, with Talys Island being Japan, or Elibe as Europe (which would also make the Western Isles England/Scotland/Ireland) despite the obvious problems with that line of thought on fantasy continents. Being that it doesn't line up with reality. Well, you're not entirely wrong here, since most Elibean locations' names are directly taken from ancient or modern European cities or states. Then again, Akaneia has Macedon(ia). Interestingly enough, the lore of King Arthur didn't even start out as being English. A French writer named Chrétien de Troyes came up with it and his works were translated into German in the late 1100's to early 1200's by some more or less famous writers. It was only during the 15th century that the English king started to centralize the lore around England and combined it with Welsh stories, which was how the whole "whoever takes this sword from the stone shall become king of England" thing was born, they were separate tales originally. Why he did that, I don't know, but I'm assuming that he, like many other rulers of old, saw relating himself to King Arthur (who was depicted as the ideal ruler) as a means to legitimize his own rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotari Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, DragonFlames said: Well, you're not entirely wrong here, since most Elibean locations' names are directly taken from ancient or modern European cities or states. Then again, Akaneia has Macedon(ia). Interestingly enough, the lore of King Arthur didn't even start out as being English. A French writer named Chrétien de Troyes came up with it and his works were translated into German in the late 1100's to early 1200's by some more or less famous writers. It was only during the 15th century that the English king started to centralize the lore around England and combined it with Welsh stories, which was how the whole "whoever takes this sword from the stone shall become king of England" thing was born, they were separate tales originally. Why he did that, I don't know, but I'm assuming that he, like many other rulers of old, saw relating himself to King Arthur (who was depicted as the ideal ruler) as a means to legitimize his own rule. It was fanfiction. Just a bunch of thousand year old fanfiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, DragonFlames said: Well, you're not entirely wrong here, since most Elibean locations' names are directly taken from ancient or modern European cities or states. Then again, Akaneia has Macedon(ia). Interestingly enough, the lore of King Arthur didn't even start out as being English. A French writer named Chrétien de Troyes came up with it and his works were translated into German in the late 1100's to early 1200's by some more or less famous writers. It was only during the 15th century that the English king started to centralize the lore around England and combined it with Welsh stories, which was how the whole "whoever takes this sword from the stone shall become king of England" thing was born, they were separate tales originally. Why he did that, I don't know, but I'm assuming that he, like many other rulers of old, saw relating himself to King Arthur (who was depicted as the ideal ruler) as a means to legitimize his own rule. I'm well aware of both facts. After all, it's kind of a hobby knowing this stuff. Merlin's exploits alone were those of a dozen or so other mages. There was an early account where Modred was the one that Guinevere committed her infidelity with instead of Lancelot. The list goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFlames Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 15 minutes ago, Jotari said: It was fanfiction. Just a bunch of thousand year old fanfiction. LOL 7 minutes ago, Mad-manakete said: I'm well aware of both facts. After all, it's kind of a hobby knowing this stuff. Merlin's exploits alone were those of a dozen or so other mages. There was an early account where Modred was the one that Guinevere committed her infidelity with instead of Lancelot. The list goes on. Indeed. I know of all of this because I study German Literature at university right now. Been doing it for... four years, I think. I really need to finish soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dainank [Archive] Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Jotari said: so they did. O: well that is awkward... Ignore that that even happened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etrurian emperor Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) On 28-4-2018 at 2:16 PM, Mad-manakete said: Then again, take that with a handful of salt, given I'm the guy who can't help but think of the Archanean continent as Asia, with Talys Island being Japan, or Elibe as Europe (which would also make the Western Isles England/Scotland/Ireland) despite the obvious problems with that line of thought on fantasy continents. Being that it doesn't line up with reality. Personally I see Archenea as a stand in for the Mediterranean countries. Most civilizations are circled around a large body of water, its got some Greek influences and north of that main body of water are barbarians. Sacea aside Elibe is more closer to Western Europe with Bern being Germany and Etruria being France with a touch of Italy put in. Edited May 2, 2018 by Etrurian emperor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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