I've not been on the forum for a couple of days, so hadn't noticed the debate a bit of humourous (humorous:)) banter caused!
Osprey is correct, although where the original pictish and celtic folk who populated the Island came from I don't know.:confused:
We really shouldn't criticise our colonial friends for corrupting the language, as the language is a corruption in itself. But I can't help doing so and it amuses me.

@Splitter, I always assumed the American accents in RAF missions were supposed to be Canadian.
Was I wrong? And have I just made another social 'faux pas'?!:rolleyes::grin:

Aw heck, Dutch, now I am going to have to listen to the chatter more closely! Canadian is possible, but I am not hearing the "eh?" at the end of sentences....."Stay with your leader, eh?" :). Canadian accents and northern midwest US accents are pretty close in some ways, but the "eh?" is tell tale.

German and Japanese voices in games usually have that "angry" tone and I think that comes from the movies (where they are always angry).

Splitter

That's BS we don't have accents just Newfies. I don't say boot instead of boat.

I've always liked "Control Tower Fritz, allways sound like he has beer and sauerkraut ready for me when I land.

Easy Richie, we have different dialects down here too. New York and South Carolina sound like different countries. The upper midwest has their accent, New England has its' own, Texas is different from other southern accents, California does its' own thing. And there are others. (But yes, we can usually also pick out Canadians in any event....they are the ones with the funny looking money :) )

I do hope some care is taken when presenting the radio chatter in SoW. Not every American pilot was a good ole' southern boy nor a Blue Blooded New Englander. Not all Brits sound like a member of the royal family nor a working class Londoner.

We talk about immersion and hope the engine sounds are good....but what about the language and radio chatter? I don't "think" it would be that hard, or that expensive, to put some variety into these things for SoW.

Maybe this is already taken care of. We have no way of knowing since we have not heard any voice audio. Is it of "initial release" importance? Probably not, but it would be nice.

Splitter

Go to the 'samples/speech' folder in the programme's files and listen all day long if you like!:grin:

I love searching through those for bits to use in short films.
There's quite a lot of swearing and blasphemy in there that sounds quite genuinely RAF banter.
'Bloody Hell' , 'Sod it', 'Christ' and 'Bugger' spring immediately to mind.
Believe it or not, 'Pull your finger out!' is also in there.
It's a hoot.:grin:

+1 HaHa :)

Hey Major, the archery at the flight field is perfect way to learn and feel the balistics for the unexperienced pilots...Oleg have to include such tuition for the novices...it is historical.
/I know I will be banned for Couterstrike trolling.../
~Regards!

Your answer Major!! In the motion pictures


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbDmMKMy6TY

HERESY!
no surprise - who'd want Wales?!