Lol I had to mute my mic on the last FF battleground, when I get excited I go into broad Dundee and no one would have understood a damn word. I have to tone it right down even when I’m not excited on Discord or everyone would be like “what… whats he saying?”
The Dundee accent is… unique… shall we say.
Eh,things change over time ,not sure what is problem.
I dont even know where to start with that one
There are alot of words that are said incorrectly, but who are we to decide. Its the language of Azeroth!
Most annoying voice was that ‘Brother Pike’ in Stormsong Valley (BFA) if you played alliance.
Infact there were alot of annoying voices in BFA.
Beginning is usually a good start 
ok.
language doesn’t evolve (or in this instance devolve) through poor voice acting
Everything about that film grates on me, the accents, the Historian in me shrieks in annoyance “The King of England, Edward Longshanks, a cruel Pagan” What the fella that built a hecktonne of Churches all throughout the land? And the portrayed romantic interest between Wallace and Princess Isabelle. "err, dude, She didn’t arrive in England until years after Wallace was killed, and if he -had- have been romancing her, that would have been as skeevy as hell…She was nine when he died…I mean, she -did- end up in a relationship with one of the characters in that film, She married Edward II…When she was adult…not a kid. But then this is Mel ‘I hate the English…oh and Jews’ Gibson… I mean look at that film ‘The Patriot’ where the character he plays is portrayed as a brave freedom fighter against cruel English oppression after the English killed his son. "Err, no, he murdered his own son, and then went on to a successful career of having unlawful carnal relations with many resisting women, so much so that the Colonialists handed him -Over- to the English to be Executed. Gods that man butchers history.
It didn’t devolved ,nor it will for foreseeable future since educational system is standardized.
Nowhere in game is mentioned that accents of various wow races are supposed to be based on dialect X of English.
I have bnet friend from Wales ,and nobody understand him ,not even people from Britain.
Have you ever heard Mercy from Overwatch speak? It’s the cleanest german there is, while she’s from Switzerland, a land where they speak approximately like drunk germans with a giant piece of bread stuck in their throat. (No offense, I love the swiss accent, but let’s be real, mercy does NOT sound like a swiss person, at all)
Blizzard voiceactors are simply not good at faking accents. They try and miss their target, which is why it sounds like it does. It’s that simple.
Well since English isn’t phonetic you can’t blame people in different regions pronouncing stuff differently. How a word is written doesn’t tell you at all how it’s supposed to be pronounced.
For example I could give you a few English words that contain “ough” where it is pronounced differently every time:
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200104.htm
Inhales Stop butchering the name of one of the best metals in the word that’s not how you pronounce it you inch and pound loving maniacs! deep breathing
Alexander III of Scotland, dies 19th March, 1286.
Braveheart opens with what I assume to be Bruce telling us the King had died without an heir. This follows the caption “SCOTLAND 1280”
Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Now this is where I get nerdy, (my nerdishness is not confined to Dante, Milton, Homer, and Virgil… it covers a lot lol)
Even though he was a landowner (something else the movie got hideously wrong) and had some military training, William Wallace was a very poor military tactician at that time. The only tactic he really knew was guerilla tactics, which worked best for him. The Forth valley at that time was a long and marshy piece of ground, the only crossing across the river was a wooden bridge which could only allow two horses side by side and at maximum 4 in a row. A maximum of 8 horses could only be on the bridge at any one time.
Wallace and his army were positioned on the hill where the Wallace Monument stands today and watched as the grossly incompetent and overconfident English commander ordered his cavalry through first. Within 10 minutes a bottleneck had formed. Seeing this happen, Wallace gave the order to charge. Seeing the oncoming Scots and knowing they were trapped, the cavalry broke. Reaching the bridge the Scots took full advantage of the chaos and slaughtered who they could before a retreat was called. The most senior English commander to be killed was Hugh De Cressingham. (He is portrayed in the movie and is killed). The English retreated and the Scots continued to both use guerrilla tactics against English forces sent to destroy them, and raid Northern England, often reaching as far as Carlisle and Alnwick.
The movie completely does away with this. It portrays the Scots using schiltrons to engage the cavalry, after two waves of archer attacks, before a melee with the infantry…
The Scots are also portrayed as wearing kilts and Wallace and his companions are seen in woad. Neither of these happened. The Scots would have worn exactly what the English infantry would have worn, hardened leather and mail. Kilts were only worn by Highlanders, and even then, plaid. Plaids were not generally worn by the Highland clans until the late 14th century. NO highlanders were present during the Wallace rebellion. The wars of independence were of no immediate concern to the Highland clans.
Neither would they have worn woad face paint, as that is a Pictish tradition. There were no Picts at Stirling Bridge. They were a dwindling sect of Eastern Scotland that soon be swallowed by the lower East Highland clans such as Murray and Ogilvie.
Battle of Falkirk.
Edward II took personal command of the English Army and marched to Scotland in 1298. He engaged Wallace at Falkirk and utterly vanquished Wallace’s Army. Wallace arranged his infantry into 4 defensive positions known as schiltrons which was an anti-cavalry tactic. It depended mostly on two things.
lack of archery support. Prior to Falkirk, the main archery weapon was the short bow. But after a campaign in France Edward had begun using Welsh Longbowmen as his main archery support. Seeing the Scots form into schiltrons, Edward simply ordered his longbows to tear apart the schiltrons, and rout the Scots. The cavalry and infantry mopped up the rest of the scots, resulting in a crushing defeat for Wallace. Bruce did NOT fight for any side at Falkirk, as he saw what was about to unfold. he kept away and paid homage to Edward, biding his time. Bruce did not play any further major role in the Wallace rebellion.
A solid defensive “wall”| that would not allow cavalry or infantry to surround the defensive position. was lacking on the field at Falkirk. Wallace made a grave error in his choice of tactic and battleground, it cost him the battle and a lot more.
Braveheart has Wallace and Edward facing off on, again, an open field. Edward sends in his Irish mercenaries. There was NO Irish contingent on any side at Falkirk. The movie shows Wallace losing the battle, and being betrayed by the Lords, and riding off to chase Edward, only to be betrayed by Bruce.
None of this happened. Wallace retreated and returned to his guerilla tactics, while Edward returned to England left the pacification of Scotland to his commanders.
Wallace WAS lured and betrayed to the English but then the movie takes an absolutely ridiculous turn for the worst. Anyone who has even the remotest knowledge of what Wallace went through in his torture would know that the very last thing he would have done, is screamed “freedom!” before being beheaded. he had just been hanged. His throat would have been crushed. he had just been dismembered. he would have been lucky to be alive. he had just been disemboweled. Again. it’s very unlikely he was even conscious if alive at this point. beheading was just a formality and mercy at that point.
If you ever want to see Scottish history murdered, and its culture betrayed, and its place in the world openly mocked, then watch this piece of garbage called a movie.
And I’m not even going to get into the blatant antisemitic piece of filth he made called “The Passion of the Christ”
Remember those movies were made by this guy.
I really love how much effort is put into giving different cultures within the WoW universe a different and distinct dialect. It’s a really nice touch.
None of the wore “plaid”
It’s Tartan…
Which makes it even worse. The tartans only became a thing after the Victorian Renaissance of Scotland. The plaids the Highlanders wore , while recognisable as tartan, were more or less the same colour and design, as they were all dyed with the same dyes. Clans distinguished themselves from other clans with symbols such as plants, or heraldic symbols.
Highlanders did NOT wear their plaids in battle, as they were too heavy and cumbersome. in actual fact, the Highlanders would take the plaid off, tie their shirt between their legs, and then use the only tactic they knew, the Charge. If they survived, they went back and picked up the plaid they assumed was theirs.
I’m a Lancashire lass myself. I do love a good Welsh accent though!
Nah you’re missing my point.
Plaid isn’t a term used in Scotland, it’s mostly an American word.
It’s called Tartan.
Tartan dates back to the 3rd century.
Describe tartan as Plaid in Scotland as you’ll get laughed out the door!
Man… yaw’ll need to just chill… Have a Miller and a spicy chicken sandwich, the aluminum packaging keeps it hot for yaw’ll.
Unless yaw’ll prefer a nice chicken fried steak wit’ grits and sausage gravy, no aluminum, just a plate. Ice tea as well? You got it sugar. Yaw’ll come back now you hear!!
I remember when Overwatch came out, the Tracer VA kept getting bashed for being “fake British”, until it came out that it’s straight up just the actress’ natural accent.
What? Lol… what!!!
I cannot tell you how hard I am laughing at you right now. if I wasn’t laughing I’d be crying at your ignorance. Tell me… Where exactly in Scotland do you live.
Such a corny man! cringe