Do the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?

SolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 411 points –

I'd imagine they fake an American accent. Maybe Burbank, CA?

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Speaking as an American, when I was doing the ren fair thing… I used a shitty French accent and told people it was burgundeon.

It’s bullshit, but a) it was different b) it was fun being “the bad guys”and picking fights (ahem duels) and c) the rest of my costume was fairly on point, as a musketeer- either one of the king’s or Cardinal Reicheleiu’s.

It was a really shitty French accent. I apologize to the French for that crime….

(edit, fixed my spelling error... its been a while...)

You're supposed to be the bad guy, tho. So you're not supposed to apologise for your crime.

While we're working on your spelling, it's

Burgundian

Which, en français, would be

Bourguignon (boor geen yone)

But of course you weren't doing French, you were doing English in a terrible fake French accent so maybe your spelling is a more accurate representation!

p. s. You still have an extra e in Richelieu. Reich is more German than French

But of course you weren’t doing French, you were doing English in a terrible fake French accent so maybe your spelling is a more accurate representation!

we will go with that and not my bad spelling and mobile being of no help.

Richelieu?

Cardinal Reichelieu

The “evil mastermind” in Les Trois Mousquetaires by Dumas and with, uh, numerous adaptations into film as “The three musketeers”

He was a historical figure and the chief minister to King Louis XIII

I think they are just pointing out your spelling error. The name would be pronounced differently as you wrote it.