General / Off-Topic Why is every RPG Dwarf from Scotland?

[Oss133]

Surely they should be Welsh.

 

[Demascus]

Surely they should be Welsh.

No one can understand Welsh. Even other Welsh can't understand each other. They just talk gibberish back and forth and hope with enough hand and face gestures the point will get across.

 

[Zak Gordon]

And the majority of English don't want to know they are just immigrants to Great Britian; a hybrid mix of German+French+Nordic invaders (and us 'welsh', the original native people). The English language is pretty 'new' and a blend of those origins. St.George was a Greek and the St.George's Cross has a probable French origin. History is quite interesting

But all this has not much to do with why Dwarves have ended up with Scottish accents.

 

[Iskariot]

But seriously, ever since Baldur's Gate, Hevery blohdie Dwarrrfh has tha saaame axe-cent!
So why the trope? Surely, UK game players would know.

Because all scotts are dwarves surely.
Aren't they?

 

[Nagual]

Found this:

....the way Tolkien wrote his dialogue shaped readers’ perceptions of accents. For instance, a scene in The Hobbit in which villainous trolls use words like “blimey” forever linked orc and troll-like bruisers with Cockney accents. To be fair, however, not all of these linguistic stereotypes came from Tolkien himself. He actually took inspiration from Finnish and Welsh for Elvish and drew from Semitic languages for Dwarvish (think names like Khazad-dûm). It was only in subsequent radio and film adaptations of Tolkien’s work that we began to hear the Scottish and English accents that sound so familiar today.

Because all scotts are dwarves surely.
Aren't they?

We are, but quite tall for our height.

 

[Para Handy]

Because all scotts are dwarves surely.
Aren't they?

Can you imagine the terror caused by facing an enraged Scotsman who's head is at groin-level? Naw Jimmy, jist be glad we urnae painted blue anymare and ye are in nae danger 'o losing yer knees.

 

[lysan]

No one can understand Welsh. Even other Welsh can't understand each other. They just talk gibberish back and forth and hope with enough hand and face gestures the point will get across.

LOL yeah you’re right

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmmeJOGKXY[/video]

 

[Hell Razor5543]

Have you tried playing Lucas Arts game "Armed and Dangerous"? The grunts are from Scotland, while the officers are from Germany. Very silly, and very funny.

Dwarves are terrifying, especially when armed with axes. Just because a dwarf is short is not an issue (although, if you are a Diskworld dwarf called Carrot Ironfoundersson, you are over 6' tall and about as broad across the shoulders!); everybody gets shorter when an axe armed dwarf goes to work!

 

[Demascus]

Have you tried playing Lucas Arts game "Armed and Dangerous"? The grunts are from Scotland, while the officers are from Germany. Very silly, and very funny.

Dwarves are terrifying, especially when armed with axes. Just because a dwarf is short is not an issue (although, if you are a Diskworld dwarf called Carrot Ironfoundersson, you are over 6' tall and about as broad across the shoulders!); everybody gets shorter when an axe armed dwarf goes to work!

That was a hilarious and fun game! Some fun weapons included: black hole in a box, the shark launcher and the with the corkscrew that turn the world upside down.

 

[Deleted member 115407]

But seriously, ever since Baldur's Gate, Hevery blohdie Dwarrrfh has tha saaame axe-cent!
So why the trope? Surely, UK game players would know.

I think the Scottish accent, more than any other, has a stout, sturdy sound to it. So it fits.

I could see Russian or Eastern European accents, too.

 

[Garris]

I've seen real dwarves in Tesco's up here in the highlands. Normally with a ciggie hanging out and tattoos. Man that's something to go home too.