I just started watching Season 3 of Game of Thrones and it dawned on me that most of the characters speak with a British accent. I hadn't really given it much thought before, but I then also realized that LotR was the same way, and most other fantasy films, except for maybe some Disney movies...maybe- I'd have to check on that. The Empire talks with a British accent, too, in Star Wars.
Well, it got me thinking about how the characters sounded in the WoT books when I read them. I realized that, to me, since I am a US citizen, the characters sound American to me, at least the ones from Andor. I think that's probably because my thoughts are in my own dialct. But I consciously try to hear different dialects from the different regions, like people from Illian sound something between Irish and Scottish maybe. And the Seanchan sound Russian with their slurred speech, as Jordan describes it. And the Forsaken sound like they have a thick Brooklyn accent- sike, just kidding about that! They actually might sound more British to me. I don't know, I haven't thought too much on it before, but I suppose it's natural for the main characters to sound like the reader's dialect.
Anyway, I'm kind of curious to know what other people think about this. How do the WoT characters sound to you, and how do their dialects differ between regions?
Well, it got me thinking about how the characters sounded in the WoT books when I read them. I realized that, to me, since I am a US citizen, the characters sound American to me, at least the ones from Andor. I think that's probably because my thoughts are in my own dialct. But I consciously try to hear different dialects from the different regions, like people from Illian sound something between Irish and Scottish maybe. And the Seanchan sound Russian with their slurred speech, as Jordan describes it. And the Forsaken sound like they have a thick Brooklyn accent- sike, just kidding about that! They actually might sound more British to me. I don't know, I haven't thought too much on it before, but I suppose it's natural for the main characters to sound like the reader's dialect.
Anyway, I'm kind of curious to know what other people think about this. How do the WoT characters sound to you, and how do their dialects differ between regions?