Two Peoples Separated By A Common Language

[Lexandro]

Your forgetting that the RAF in WW2 was a multi-national force. There were plenty of US and Canadian Pilots flying for them.

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

Your forgetting that the RAF in WW2 was a multi-national force. There were plenty of US and Canadian Pilots flying for them.

Very true.

The voice overs for this game though are shoddy at best. Though one particlur bit of raido chatter i do like (love it infact) is when you fly against a 109 and your in a spitfire... you get a round off and you hear the german say "achtung spitfire" or something along that line, but "spitfire" is definately said, making it sound epic lol.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Very true.

The voice overs for this game though are shoddy at best. Though one particlur bit of raido chatter i do like (love it infact) is when you fly against a 109 and your in a spitfire... you get a round off and you hear the german say "achtung spitfire" or something along that line, but "spitfire" is definately said, making it sound epic lol.

Kinda like in the movie The Battle of Britain, where instead of a German accent. The German bomber pilot, shouts "SPITFIRE!" in an English accent. I think it's somewhere between the smoking Spit, and the Black Lab with the sad facing looking on; and the final showdown at the end?

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Kinda like in the movie The Battle of Britain, where instead of a German accent. The German bomber pilot, shouts "SPITFIRE!" in an English accent. I think it's somewhere between the smoking Spit, and the Black Lab with the sad facing looking on; and the final showdown at the end?

The black lab belongs to the pilot played by michael caine. The part you describe is when michael caine takes up a squadron of reserves for a training flight and they get jumped by the 109's. In the ensuing fight all bar one spitfire gets shot down, michael caine getting blown up in the process by some german major.

Im not to sure how the voice acting works with the battle of britain film. The "HE111's" though to be honest the only notable difference in the word spitfire between english/germn would be (the way they say it) -

English - spitfire
German - Shpitfire


lol, best i could do.

[SURE SHOTZ 247]

I think its so funny that we are speaking the same language but with different accents and common phrases of dialouge,one of the most cryingly funny moments iv ever had online was on battlstations on x box,there were 2 americans and me(british)and another english lad from dudley in the black country,now i have trouble understanding people from dudley but the poor dudes from across the pond had no chance i spent the whole game translating dudley english to very confused americans!lol

[Doktorwzzerd]

Speaking of the Squadron Leader's cockney accent, it also bugs me a little bit that the game portrays members of the working class as officers. England still very much had a class system at the time and that system very much excluded all but the gentry from having an officer's commission, which was required to be a pilot. Generally speaking, the lower classes were restricted to serving as enlisted and NCO aircrew servicemen. I am sure there are exceptions to this, but generally speaking its true. See the BBC film "Piece of Cake" to get a sense of how rigid those social divisions within the RAF were.

Of course this has no effect on gameplay, but I can't stand it when games and movies attempt to graft modern personalities and social norms onto the people of the past, Brothers In Arms:HH being a game that particularly turned my screws.

[Swagger7]

Originally Posted by Doktorwzzerd

Speaking of the Squadron Leader's cockney accent, it also bugs me a little bit that the game portrays members of the working class as officers. England still very much had a class system at the time and that system very much excluded all but the gentry from having an officer's commission, which was required to be a pilot. Generally speaking, the lower classes were restricted to serving as enlisted and NCO aircrew servicemen. I am sure there are exceptions to this, but generally speaking its true. See the BBC film "Piece of Cake" to get a sense of how rigid those social divisions within the RAF were.

Of course this has no effect on gameplay, but I can't stand it when games and movies attempt to graft modern personalities and social norms onto the people of the past, Brothers In Arms:HH being a game that particularly turned my screws.

Keep in mind that the game was made by Russians. They kind of axed class structure in Russia during the Revolution. What I'm saying is it's something that they might not have even thought about, rather than a purposeful injection of modern values.

[Swagger7]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Kinda like in the movie The Battle of Britain, where instead of a German accent. The German bomber pilot, shouts "SPITFIRE!" in an English accent. I think it's somewhere between the smoking Spit, and the Black Lab with the sad facing looking on; and the final showdown at the end?

Maybe he's just trying to pronounce it authentically? Like how I say "Perie" instead of Paris, since I've taken French. (I know, it was probably just a gaff and I'm being too optimistic.)

[Panzergranate]

Now in the old war comics of my school days, German pilots and crews always shouted "Actung Spitfire", "Gott in Himmel", "Hifle", "Die Englander Pigdog" and other cliched banter.

War comic RAF banter was always "Wizzard prang, old boy", "Jerry on your six", "Spiffing", etc.

During WW2, Geordies (folks from Newcastle) we'ren't allowed to fly aircraft as they could have been mistaken for Hungarians when speaking and shot down in mistake of being a German ally.

Even in the 21st century, Geordies still haven't learnt to speak English properly.

I'd prefer the cliched RAF fighter pilot banter in the game.

[Doktorwzzerd]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

War comic RAF banter was always "Wizzard prang, old boy", "Jerry on your six", "Spiffing", etc.

Wizzard prang, old boy? I like that haha, what does it mean?