MU Peeves Thread
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@shit-piss-love - I’d feel horrible if someone then went to every scene they are currently in, did ctrl + F and copy pasted what I submitted to work out it was either their RPed accent in dialogue I was peeving on, or using as an example.
In my own case, the dyslexia triggers more-so when the first and last letter is replaced with a ’ as I can’t work out what it says. So then I have to copy and paste the dialogue into notepad, fill in the blanks. Re-read it.
Pretty much everything @farfalla said. I have to stop and parse each word, work it out. Well now I’ve forgotten context, so I am scrolling back up to read and just end up in a frustrated loop.
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@KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:
@shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth
Augh. Decades ago, we had a player on LegendMUD who insisted on writing like that – also OOC.
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@KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:
@shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth
I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild? The worst I’ve seen are people dropping Gs to communicate a colloquial brogue, and the occasional “dinnae” or something which has always felt cringey to me but I can grok their meaning.
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@shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:
@KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:
@shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth
I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild? The worst I’ve seen are people dropping Gs to communicate a colloquial brogue, and the occasional “dinnae” or something which has always felt cringey to me but I can grok their meaning.
It definitely used to happen a lot more regularly. Tbh, I used to be guilty of it in my misspent youth, and I know I’m not the ONLY ONE.
We all have to live with our pasts. With our regrets.
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@shit-piss-love Again, yes.
eta: And I know it’s not the same one @KarmaBum is referring to because they weren’t on that game.
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@shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:
@KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:
@shit-piss-love i cannae unnerstan wut yer typin owt n druther nae try n figger it owt, druther jest arpee wiv summin elth
I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild? The worst I’ve seen are people dropping Gs to communicate a colloquial brogue, and the occasional “dinnae” or something which has always felt cringey to me but I can grok their meaning.
Almost every game I’ve been on someone types an ‘accent’. And it is almost exactly like Karma typed it. Tweaked to fit whatever accent they are doing. The accent typing is probably one of the bigger reasons I prefer original settings. Less likely to have those accents.
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@KarmaBum do i get a gold sticker for being able to read that without a problem? XD
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@Roz @KarmaBum @Snackness @icanbeyourmuse
Well I stand corrected. That would bug me too if I saw it.
So I’ve played characters in the past that I felt had strong accents, though usually what I would do is maybe drop some Gs or whatever but mostly I’d try to convey foreign-ness by playing subtly with grammar and sentence structure that was a few degrees off the western english norm. Is that as bad?
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@shit-piss-love That doesn’t bother me. If I can read the dialog and get the gist without having to squint at it, I’m pretty content.
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@shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:
@Roz @KarmaBum @Snackness @icanbeyourmuse
Well I stand corrected. That would bug me too if I saw it.
So I’ve played characters in the past that I felt had strong accents, though usually what I would do is maybe drop some Gs or whatever but mostly I’d try to convey foreign-ness by playing subtly with grammar and sentence structure that was a few degrees off the western english norm. Is that as bad?
Not at all. I find clever use of sentence structure and whatnot to be far more effective at actually indicating accent in my ear.
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@Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:
I find clever use of sentence structure and whatnot to be far more effective at actually indicating accent in my ear.
This. Or even just “he says in a heavy accent.”
I promise, if you tell me your PC has a deep southern drawl, I’ll imagine it that way. But if folks keep posin a’ me n sech a way as i cannae even unnerstan wtf yo aiccent is even upposed t’be, you are ruining my immersion, and I am going to ruin yours by not playing with you ever again.
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@shit-piss-love said in MU Peeves Thread:
I mean this example is clearly awful but does this actually happen in the wild?
Oh, ayuh. 'Ve seen it maw than wunce.
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“Whaddaya think of that, Mr. Pajama Wearin’ Basket Face Slipper Wieldin’ Clype-Dreep-Bachle Gether-Uping-Blate-Maw, Bleathering Gomreil Jessie Oaf-Lookin’ Scooner, Nyaff Plookie Shan Milk-Drinkin’ Soy-Faced Shilpit, Mim-Moothed Snivelin’ Worm-Eyed Hotten-Blaugh Vile-Stoochie Cally-Breek-Tattie?”
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@KarmaBum said in MU Peeves Thread:
@Roz said in MU Peeves Thread:
I find clever use of sentence structure and whatnot to be far more effective at actually indicating accent in my ear.
This. Or even just “he says in a heavy accent.”
I promise, if you tell me your PC has a deep southern drawl, I’ll imagine it that way. But if folks keep posin a’ me n sech a way as i cannae even unnerstan wtf yo aiccent is even upposed t’be, you are ruining my immersion, and I am going to ruin yours by not playing with you ever again.
Clever sentence structure is awesome. Using ‘typical’ words a lot for the accent or basically writing ‘in that accent’ where I have to spend more time translating than trying to RP, I’m likely to finish the scene and avoid you than RPing with you in the future.
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The best for writing phonetically is someone talking with their mouth full, or someone who’s taken enough of a beating to the face enough to warrant it.
…or I guess someone who’s just been to the dentist.
These are all great.
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I am guilty of writing with a hanging ‘g’ in a game I’m in at present, with a bit of ‘wanna’ and ‘gonna’ but otherwise that’s about as extreme as I think it ever gets. It seems like there’s a pretty wide range of examples listed here. Is there generally some kind of more acceptable standard for writing accents (such as, not at all)?
At any rate, I feel bad for inflicting that on people unintentionally. I can see how it might be an issue.
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@Omen said in MU Peeves Thread:
I am guilty of writing with a hanging ‘g’ in a game I’m in at present, with a bit of ‘wanna’ and ‘gonna’ but otherwise that’s about as extreme as I think it ever gets. It seems like there’s a pretty wide range of examples listed here. Is there generally some kind of more acceptable standard for writing accents (such as, not at all)?
At any rate, I feel bad for inflicting that on people unintentionally. I can see how it might be an issue.
You shouldn’t feel bad; some hanging G’s, wanna’s, and gonna’s are definitely not what folks are complaining about. (I, for one, currently do the things you’re talking about here!)
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@Omen I am all hanging g’s, gonnas and wannas on the character I currently play. Those things don’t bother me at all.
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@Snackness Idk why but this post triggered a memory from when I was like fifteen where I got absolutely incensed at a chat buddy for using “gonna” or maybe it was “finna” in like casual conversation.
(At fifteen I was convinced only 100% strict “proper” English was correct. At fifteen I was an asshole.)
A couple of years later I went on to write out a southern accent like “Ah am (name). Yuh gahts a purdeh mouf”.
I’m curious has anyone ever asked someone to stop writing out their accent? Had it gone badly?
(Also side note I went to read a book once and the non dialogue was written normally, but all the dialogue was written like the author spent too much time on Scottish twitter and I couldn’t understand a word and immediately returned it…)