the original thread is here:

http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cg...10&t=001902&p=

the previous thread is here:
http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cg...;f=10;t=009155

<font color="plum"><H2>Cloudy's Cafe</H2></font>

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Welcome to Cloudy's Cafe, a place to have a cup of coffee or a good
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<H2>this is a real conversation zone, not a role-play zone</H2>

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Come on in! The bar is stocked with coffees, teas, juices and waters from around the world. And purple napkins, of course!

<font color="pink">The lighting is low, the golden oak counters and tables glow with inviting warmth. Near the window, the lighting is brighter, as comfy, plush leather armchairs wait for those who'd like to read a book while relaxing to music or just lazily watch the world go by.</font>

Cloudy,
your hostess [img]graemlins/ladyhearts.gif[/img]
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Just to continue on from the old thread, the convo was about accents and bad British ones in games etc. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I thought the Gaelan one in BG2 was hysterical... I mean I laughed and wanted to say "Are you serious?! [img]tongue.gif[/img] "

Epona, Romanian, huh? :D I passed for Polish or Hungarian in Russia because they refused to believe they'd actually MEET an American at that time (the 80's) and my Russian accent is good enough that they were sure I was simply from another Eastern block country where I learned it in school or spoke a related languaged (like Polish). I usually enjoyed watching their eyes get big when I'd say "no, I'm an American" LOL We had some great converstations after that! Although a few just sat and stared.. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Hmm.. you know I never really thought about the game voices and accents. I mean some you just cringe at anyway, but it never occured to me how silly and awful they must sound to natives, LOLOLOL! Did you just cringe if they talked or was it bad enough to turn the sound off?! [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]

I haven't played PST yet, is it better on the voices than BG2 is?

Are you with the CIA, comrad Cloudski ? :D :D

LOL Amber! I only speak a little bit of Romanian - enough to get by in restaurants & bars, a few niceties of conversation, that sort of thing. The vocabulary is pretty easy, it's a Latin based language (in fact it's the closest modern language to Latin) so if you know a bit of Italian, Spanish or Portuguese you could probably pick it up really easy. Some of the vocabulary draws from Magyar, Slavonic and Turkish influences. The grammar is a real stinker unless you're *good* at Latin, in which case it makes perfect sense because it is essentially the same. Unlike in English, pronunciation of groups of characters is consistent so there aren't any bizarre inconsistencies to grapple with.

Mostly bad Brit accents in games will just make me cringe, but as I mentioned before the William Wallace campaign in AOEII got switched off before the introductory monologue was over - it was sheer hell listening to it. If there is a really bad accent in a movie it might make me stop watching. One of the worst things ever was those Loony Tunes cartoons (I think it was those ones?) which sometimes had supposedly English people using phrases like 'cor blimey guv'nor' but spoken in a posh English accent [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img] NO NO NO!!!! WRONG!

johnny,

[img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img] HAHA! Nope... but I bet they have a whopping big file on me in FBI headquarters. ;) I studied Russian in High School and majored in Russian language and literature in college. Both my BA and my MA are in that field. So I studied in Russia for two different semesters, a total of 8 months or so. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 06-17-2002, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

Laura! LOL I've actually taken four years of Latin in High School and we had a Romanian leturer and his family in the department I worked for (Slavic Languages and Literatures) many years back. He ended up teaching French for a while. He could understand my Russian and English so I never bothered learning any Romanian!

Nigel, why did you even bother playing that William Wallace campaign, it was a learning campaign. Don't tell me you didn't play age of empires before that ? :D

Hello Cloudy!How are you?Is there any news on your GrandMother?Man I'm sleepy.My entire day last night was about fish,dragonflies,and sun.me and my parents went fishing all day yesterday.I enjoyed it though.So how is everyone?I am in such a good mood today!*thinks to self*(How come they ar'nt dead?....oh,that's right it's Monday)

Hi SomeGuy! No news today, but last I heard she was stable and eating. [img]smile.gif[/img]

So you had a good time fishing then? GOOD! WE need a bit of fun in life now and again! :D

i had a bit of fun last night at my GRAD PARTY! woooooo! graduated yesterday...that has to be the most boring ceremony in the world, all that waiting for about 12 seconds of excitement walking across the stage

not having too much fun now, though, i think i had too much...ummm...soda last night [img]graemlins/1puke.gif[/img]

Oh yes, I played the original game! But I just thought to give that campaign a go in case there were major changes. I ended up thinking 'sod that' and got on with the real thing instead.

AHHH!!There's a fly in the cafe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Get it! :D

Congratulations, Deathcow! You're a genuine graduated person now?! :D

Would anyone say i am the official IW penguin?

No [img]tongue.gif[/img]

No [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

No [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Is that a yes or a no? :D

What will we get in return for saying you are SomeGuy?
Hahaha, yeah uh um anyways.
I am planning on taking it easy today ( I have to work from 4-8 of course but big whoop) I think I will go swim, I am definatly going to read more on the Eye of the World, Robert Jordans first Wheel of Time book, I really like it. Has anyone else read them? It started out kinda slow I thought but come page 60 something and trollos bursting through the door I was hooked! That was yesterday I was on page 60, now I am on 175! Bye!

No one is here I guess.*SIGH* I'm going to start a fire in the fire place.*Starts a fire*Well now that that's done I guess I will go mow the astroturf behind the cafe*mows astroturf* Now I guess I will go clean the kitchen *after 3 hours finally comes out of kitchen* Well i guess I could clean up around the rest of the cafe *starts sweeping* Hmmmmm......I guess I could plant some flowers in the back*goes and plants flowers* Now I guess I could make myself a coffee*makes some coffee* It's regualar...needs vanila*puts some vanilla in coffee then goes and sits by fireplace in big armchair and starts to sip coffee*

Good bye you guys.Well no one is here so never mind well bye cafe bye uncle bill

Actually, SomeGuy, I posted a question to you....

<font color = lightgreen>Well, they toasted the computers at work over the weekend. Anyone who was upset with this received the response, "We sent out an e-mail on Friday". Technically, that is true, they did send one--at nearly 6:00 PM on Friday after most people were gone! [img]graemlins/dontknowaboutyou.gif[/img] Oh, well, all the time I've spent today fixing what they broke has been on their time.... [img]graemlins/firedevil.gif[/img]

Azred puts on a white cotton glove. SomeGuy, you missed a spot of dust over here next to the lamp. (It's so hard to find good help these days.... [img]tongue.gif[/img] )

<font color = orange>kitcat</font> finally decided that walking around the park in his harness is a good thing. [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img] He still crouches pretty low but keeps a good pace with us.</font>

You wanna know what you will get if you say I'm the official IW penguin?You get to join th penguin army if you want!If you don't you get this nice piece of cardboard! :D

Azred:NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!How could I miss it!AHHHHH!!!I've reduced my life to a shopkeeper!!!!! AGH!!!!!!!! [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]

[ 06-17-2002, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: SomeGuy ]

Hi, all. Azred, sounds like you had a nice, relaxed morning. :D

Cloudy, that is one of the many things in PS: T that is great, except the Nameless One doing his Boris Karloff/Frankenstein's monster deal. Fall-from-Grace really has this lovely, lilting upper-class Brit accent, and I would have named hers as the best, if it wasn't for lovely little Annah. Nordom sounds like R2D2 after he has had remedial language class. On the other hand, besides TNO, there is Vhaillor (ok), and Ignus (Just awful - Gal says he sounds like Gollum should.

Epona, I have another bad British accent for the killing-bottle: Darkstone, basically everyone in the game.

*comes in and eats a penguin* Aaaah, i needed that, can i get a beer please ? :D :D

[img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img] JOHNNY!!!!!! *cafe rumbles and the walls start to crack* You willl go down! *johnny and SomeGuy embrawl in a huge battle to the death* [img]graemlins/starwars.gif[/img]

Hey all, what is happening my homies :D
Glad to hear someone had a blast over the weekend,
I just played Mr. Mover the honey do man ;)

Hi, Elif, know how you fel. I had to tote that barge and lift that bale all weekend. Father's Day, hmf.

<font color="snow">I'm glad you enjoyed fathers day Attalus ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>

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I feel much better now. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] </font>

Someguy, keep your pants on dude, it was just a chocolate penguin. :D :D

Hey Azred, sounds like something our Computing division would do! :D Hope it's all fixed up now! Annoying isn't it? I've had them swap out email and such while I've been on vacation before, and it was no picnic coming back and re-inventing the wheel.

Attalus and Elif...um.. LOLOLOL sorry guys, being a woman, and always having a list of 'things that need doing' even when I was 'single' I have to laugh! :D Hmm.. you think my sweetheart is gonna have the same reaction you both do? awww.. sigh.. I don't want him cranky and feeling overworked... ;) :D

In leaving IW early tonight - TV is showing a rerun of 'Das Boot' - which is in german. So I need to concentrate to follow the story.

This movie is just sooo good [img]smile.gif[/img]

Just popping in to say "HI" [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

I'm so busy at the moment. I hope I get some time to chat soon.

Avi.

Hi Avi, Bye Avi!
Say, Rkard hasn't been around since he got busted for that bunneh
thread and then makeing that other one has he? He said he thought IW
had changed and wasn't his place anymore. Just wondering

Good morning Avi, what are you so busy with, work ?

<font color=orange>HI! I just found out I got 82% on a beast of a social test! I'm sooooo happy!</font>

you animal ! :D :D :D

<font color=Orange>Oh, so I'm an animal now am I?</font>

<font color=Orange>What kind of animal am I? A </font><font color=blue>blue-footed Booby</font>?