Should D&D be more American?
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Bagpuss
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tleilaxu said:
There are loads of others.
Cars have a bonnet and a boot, not a hood and a trunk.
Jelly is Jam
Jello is Jelly
diapers are nappies
List goes on and on.
I believe the Australian's have a similar problem with some words, particularly a brand of sticky tape other there that has the same name as a brand of contraceptive over here. Not something you want to get confused when shopping in Boots.
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Bagpuss said:
Another thing we might not have invented was the middle finger, but we have many many wonderful uses for it that we've taken as our own.
As far as that goes, I hate potato chips. But soda, ah beautiful soda. Thats why I'm overweight. And I sit in a hard wooden chair, never a couch.
Cursed generalizations.
herald said:
D00d, you just need to learn to embrace your inner couch potato. Besides which, you have nukes, so what are you worried about?
Not to mention that a fag means two entirely different things in British and American English. And fags often have butts, which are a major problem. You see them in the streets everywhere -- the owners make no attempt to clean up after themselves, so you see lots of fag butts in the gutter. They are typically picked up by bums and finished off.
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Kamard said:As far as that goes, I hate potato chips. But soda, ah beautiful soda. Thats why I'm overweight. And I sit in a hard wooden chair, never a couch.
Cursed generalizations.
Ah but "hard wooden chair potato" doesn't have the same punch.
Now is that you hate crisps or chips?
I believe there was an old medieval law in Great Britain that you were not allowed to eat anything unless it had been deep fried. Came in as a method to help prevent the spread of the Black Plague. Of course in England and Wales it was later repealed, but it never was in Scotland for some reason. Hence they even have to deep fry pizza's and mars bars up there. So I've heard anyway.
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Lucius Foxhound
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Okay, first of all, since we ALSO invented the motion picture, I think we can change "Philosopher's" to "Sorcerer's" without a hassle. Sorry, just one of those things. 
And although we did invent D&D, we as Americans, being the most generous of peoples on the planet, have shared it freely with the world.
As such, I propose that we give different accents to different classes and races in the game. For example:
Paladins - All Paladins speak with British accents. Mostly because they think they're so superior to everyone.
Barbarians - Barbarians speak Australian. How can there be an argument on that one?
Gnomes - All Gnomes speak like Canadians. Why? 'Cause they're annoying and you sometimes forget they're there, of course!
Fighters & Rogues - American of course.
Clerics - Clerics speak English with an Italian accent. Like Father Guido Sarducci.
Maybe races would be better. Oh, and Trolls speak Dutch.
And although we did invent D&D, we as Americans, being the most generous of peoples on the planet, have shared it freely with the world.
As such, I propose that we give different accents to different classes and races in the game. For example:
Paladins - All Paladins speak with British accents. Mostly because they think they're so superior to everyone.
Barbarians - Barbarians speak Australian. How can there be an argument on that one?
Gnomes - All Gnomes speak like Canadians. Why? 'Cause they're annoying and you sometimes forget they're there, of course!
Fighters & Rogues - American of course.
Clerics - Clerics speak English with an Italian accent. Like Father Guido Sarducci.
Maybe races would be better. Oh, and Trolls speak Dutch.
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