How to talk like a dwarf.

[Plane Sailing]

I've always like dwarves with a Klingon "accent".

Talk using Klingon attitude and a few choice Klingon words and you're set.

 

[blargney the second]

Sprechen zie headbutt?

 

[Michael Silverbane]

Whenever you feel the urge to say something, punch an elf in the junk, instead.

Later
silver

 

[edemaitre]

Talking like a Dwarf

What I meant by "Tolkienesque" is that the names and cultures of certain races in my D&D3.5 homebrew campaign setting resemble those used in the Middle Earth books. As for talking like a "Star Trek" Ferengi, imagine a 3-foot-tall Goblin with snaggle teeth, large ears, and a bad attitude mixing obsequiousness and barely concealed hatred.

I tend to tie each demihuman type to the folklore they came from, hence Elves=Celtic, Dwarves=Norse, and Gnomes=Central European, but I also have human nations similar to each of those, so I've tweaked them a bit. Thus, my Viking-style humans get along well with their Slavic Dwarven neighbors. Similarly, the Anglo-Saxon-style humans have some affinity for their Celtic Elven neighbors...

As for writing Dwarven sentences, I'd make them direct, harsh, and strong. While an Elf might say, "Greetings, friends. It is pleasant indeed to find you under our fair glade," a Dwarf would grumble, "Hail, stranger. What business do you have in Rockburg?"

 

[dmccoy1693]

Scottish has a more English-friendly appearance then German. When Vern's Journey to the Center of the Earth was made in the (bad) movie with the duck named Gertrude, the country of origin of the main characters was changed from German to Scotland and the Professor Lidenbrock was renamed Lindenbrook. There are other examples of similar scottishafaction of german persons.

 

[Desdichado]

Red beards, like to fight, love to drink? Tougher than dragon leather?

Likes gold?

Cheers, -- N

Still sounds more Viking to me.

Unless dwarves wear plaid kilts too.

 

[Clavis]

Personally, I've always thought Dwarves spoke with a Yiddish accent.

That's Gnomes for me

 

[Desdichado]

I tend to tie each demihuman type to the folklore they came from, hence Elves=Celtic, Dwarves=Norse, and Gnomes=Central European, but I also have human nations similar to each of those, so I've tweaked them a bit. Thus, my Viking-style humans get along well with their Slavic Dwarven neighbors. Similarly, the Anglo-Saxon-style humans have some affinity for their Celtic Elven neighbors...

Well, no offense, but elves and dwarves are Germanic, not Celtic or specifically Norse. The word gnome is originally a Latin word, but it's germanic too.

And I mean Germanic in the broader sense. Not German. The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic too.

 

[pbd]

I'm currently playing a Dwarven Warblade named Zeke (short for Ezekiel Ragnar). His accent (depending on how much I'm doing it at the time) would best be described as gravely southerner.

He generally introduces himself with a bassy, "Some's what calls me Zeke"

I just thought it would be fun.

 

[Desdichado]

I think this thread has made me decide that the next time I DM someone who plays their dwarf to talk like Mike Myers doing a Scottish accent, they're gonna be looking at an XP penalty or something. Or maybe just all the monsters will attack them all the time ignoring everyone else.