Random Thoughts Five: Ya rolls the dice, ya takes yer chances

[rah]

Hope it's official soon.

 

[Takhisis]

Well I'm hearing congratulations from a lot of people at work, my boss apparently has been telling everyone I'm moving into that role, lol so I hope that's a good thing

You do still get to take your three weeks off, don't you? Don't get burned out.

 

[Traitorfish]

Is Shrek's accent a Canadian doing a bad Scottish accent, or is that just what ogres sound like in-universe? There doesn't appear to be any such places as Scotland or England or America or Spain in-universe, so I guess all the characters just have whatever accents are correct for their place of origin and/or species? Ogres just sound like that, cats just sound like that, donkeys... I guess it's acknowledged in-universe that they're not supposed to talk, but if they did, they apparently just sound like that.

 

[Lexicus]

Is Shrek's accent a Canadian doing a bad Scottish accent, or is that just what ogres sound like in-universe? There doesn't appear to be any such places as Scotland or England or America or Spain in-universe, so I guess all the characters just have whatever accents are correct for their place of origin and/or species? Ogres just sound like that, cats just sound like that, donkeys... I guess it's acknowledged in-universe that they're not supposed to talk, but if they did, they apparently just sound like that.

Fiona doesn't get an accent when she turns into a troll so it can't be species-based.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I don't know how I did it, but when encoding a video I managed to flip it horizontally and cause all the colours to split apart like a 3D movie or something. The audio went out of sync too.

 

[Lexicus]

I don't know how I did it, but when encoding a video I managed to flip it horizontally and cause all the colours to split apart like a 3D movie or something. The audio went out of sync too.

sounds vaporwave af nice

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I think there's some filters in VirtualDub that can do that sort of thing, but I was using HandBrake.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Mike Myers did a skit on Saturday Night Live when he was a castmember there where he ran a store called "All Things Scottish." The store's slogan was "If ih's noh Sco'ish ih's crap!"

People would come in and ask for Irish things (like a leprechaun) and it would make him lose his top and drive the customer out of the store.

From that I surmised that Myers himself must be of Scottish descent. And he just drew on his growing-up my-ethnic-heritage-caricature accent when it came to voice Shrek.

 

[Traitorfish]

From that I surmised that Myers himself must be of Scottish descent. And he just drew on his growing-up my-ethnic-heritage-caricature accent when it came to voice Shrek.

Oh, I definitely think his terrible, terrible accent comes from a place of love. But it's surprising that, after doing it for three decades or more, he hasn't got any better.

I imagine the problem is that, whether or not Shrek was intended to have "ogre accent", it's sort of turned out that way, so if he came back to Shrek 6: Farquad's Revenge with a flawless Scots accent, it wouldn't work, because it wouldn't be what Shrek sounds like.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

It should be noted that if he actually used a "good" Scottish accent the audience wouldn't know what he was saying.

 

[Gori the Grey]

And that our bad versions of accents are funnier than flawless versions. He's a comedian, first and foremost.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Vee do haf our vays.

 

[Takhisis]

it's surprising that, after doing it for three decades or more, he hasn't got any better.

Nah, it's his trademark.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Oh, I definitely think his terrible, terrible accent comes from a place of love. But it's surprising that, after doing it for three decades or more, he hasn't got any better.

I imagine the problem is that, whether or not Shrek was intended to have "ogre accent", it's sort of turned out that way, so if he came back to Shrek 6: Farquad's Revenge with a flawless Scots accent, it wouldn't work, because it wouldn't be what Shrek sounds like.

From your perspective shouldn't it be an American accent, just less strong than most people have?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'm reading a book in where it looks like the main character may not survive... except that the author wrote it in first-person past-tense. So it's pretty obvious the results of that.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Sorry for the double-post.

So every Sunday morning, the radio station plays two hours of classic rock. Except I'm wondering what their definition of "classic rock" actually is, because nowhere else have I seen the Tragically Hip, Pearl Jam, or Weezer defined as such.

 

[metatron]

Random idiom thought:

The djerman language has this idiom: Wagenburgmentalität
lit. "mentality of the wagon fort"
It means what it sounds like: Siege mentality.

It's odd because we - supposedly - have the siegable castles and America goes with the image of the wagon fort like eggs and ham.
I suppose we can blame the Hussite wheelwrights.
Again.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I wouldn't be surprised if the substantial German migration to the US didn't have some cultural feedback loop.

 

[gozpel]

My wife came home today after her day off: I bought you something!
Me: What?
She: some nice Jersey Grey Shirts!
Me: What is Grey Jersey Shirts?
She: They are better than normal grey shirts.
Me: In what way are they better?
She: They have real grey in their products....(and so on)

I take a deep breath: What am I wearing now, dear?
She: A grey T-shirt.
Me: I paid 4 dollars at K.Mart for this and I love it.
She looks at me and cross her arms: You will love this Jersey Grey Shirt better, because
I spent 40 dollars to make you happy. Then she burst into tears.

I am now the proud owner of a Jersey Grey Shirt.

The wife is always right.

Moderator Action: Post merged into this thread. Personal threads are not permitted at CFC. ~ Arakhor

 

[Kyriakos]

I wouldn't be surprised if the substantial German migration to the US didn't have some cultural feedback loop.

Typo/ one more negative than you intended.