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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ninthcouncil" data-source="post: 265104" data-attributes="member: 2566">1. Where do I live?England - West London, to be a bit more precise. But I'm originally from Canterbury.2. What is the local language, and is it a dialect?Local language is English, innit? It must be the normal type of English, because its spoken in London, and nowhere else counts. Or so you would think, to read our wretched city newspaper, the "Evening (Sub)Standard", which prints articles treating cities like Birmingham as potential commuter suburbs.... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" />3/4. What languages do I speak, and how well?I speak English, RP crossed with Kentish. RP (Received Pronunciation) is what was referred to earlier as the "prestige dialect" - it's how the BBC are meant to sound. It essentially represents the dialect of the upper middle classes within the London - Oxford - Cambridge triangle. My RP is lightly contaminated with the accent of South East Kent. "Posh" people would say I had a regional accent. Normal people would think I sound a bit posh. [Incidentally, "Posh Spice" Victoria Beckham is about as posh as baked beans. Go figure.]I also have some French and German, but I've hardly used them in the last twenty years and I'm not sure they work any more <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> 5./6. What language do you game in?Exclusively in English. I do however have a French friend who runs obscure non-d20 French RPG's from French source material, but in English.7. Local game stores?I can get to Orc's Nest in central London during my lunch break, so no problems there. I also still like to buy stuff from my former FLG in Canterbury when I'm down seeing my parents.</blockquote>

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