Redwall Accents Guide and Dictionary

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Are you writing a fanfiction or participating in one of our contests, and having trouble giving your character that right 'Redwall Feel?' Do you feel their dialogue is bland or 'too normal?' Well, you've come to the right place! Here you can give your character the personality, and limey-ness, they deserve with our Dictionary of Accents.

I've spent several days scouring the internet and compiling this dictionary in the hopes that fanfic writers and future contest participants can use it to help make their character's voices all the more convincing. Many thanks to the Redwall Wars Wiki for having this information to begin with, and I've decided to move a lot of it here so that it's made readily available in more than one place. Here's a quick shameless plug for you all as payment: http://redwallwars.wikia.com/wiki/Redwall_Wars_Wiki

This dictionary is in no way complete, nor will it ever really be- so if you have any suggestions for words I've missed, or improvements you think would help, feel free to send them to me in a PM. With that said, even though this resource exists, do not feel pressured that you have to follow it to a T, or at all, but if you do want to try your hand at writing the most authentic of accents, this is the resource for you.

For ease of access and organization, everything has been spoilered below. Just open whichever dictionary you need and hopefully you'll find what you're looking for, or at least something to get you started-

Woodlanders and Goodbeasts
Molespeech
[spoiler]Moles are tricky little blighters, with deep gruff voices, and dialects that are very hard to understand, let alone write. Even the best of authors can have heaps of trouble trying to write one of these guys and have it be convincing. Some don't even bother trying. This has led moles to sort of be ignored within the world of Redwall fanfiction by a good number of authors- usually only appearing very briefly in unimportant moments to the plot. I call this Token Mole Syndrome, and I personally want to solve it and see some authors actually attempt to write one. So with that said, here's the mole dictionary.

General Mole-isms and Common Phrases

Snout Tugging (action)- Moles often tug their snouts in different scenarios. Mainly as alternatives to shaking paws upon meeting a beast, or to show agreement. It is a polite and courteous gesture.
Arr/ Burr/ Ho urr- No real meanings, just general grunts or sounds of clearing the throat. Often used in conjunction with other words to create more interesting exclamations.
---- Burr Aye! - Indeed!
---- Burr No! - Certainly not!
By Hokey- Boi okey
Oo arr! - An indication of enthusiastic agreement, although it can also be used in a facetious or sarcastic sense to mean the opposite.
Ha ha- Hurr hurr
It was- 'Twurr
Oh yes- Ho aye
Is/Are/Am - Be, Be a ("You'm be a sloi owd villyun)
Thank you- Thankee

Pronouns

'Ee-   Thee, The, You, He, She
'Er-   Her
Et-   It
Ets-   Its
Et's-   It's
Oi-   I, Me. Moles do not have a word for 'Me,' instead they use Oi for both instances.
Oi'm-   I'm
There, Their- Thurr
They're- They'm
Uz/Uzn's- Us
Yore/Yon- Your
You'm-   You are
We- We'm

A
Afraid-  Afeared
After- Arter
Ain't-  B'ain't   
Anywhere- Anywhurrs
Asking- Arsken
Aunt- Auntie
Awhile- Awhoile

B
Beautiful- Bootiful
Been- Be'd
Behind- Behoind
Being- Bein'
Believe- Berleev
Between- 'Twixt
Boulder- Bowlder
Breakfast- Brekkist
Bucket- Bukkit
Bumble Bee- Bumblybee
By- Boi

C
Calculations- Calyoocayshunz
Certainly- Surpintly
Celery- Cel'ry
Chair- Churr
Chestnuts- Chesknutters
Child- Choild
Come- Coom
Cordial- Corjul

D
Damson Plums- Damsens
Dawn- Dawnen
Delight- Deloight
Deserves- Dissurves
Down - Daown
Does- Duzz
Doing- Doin'
Don't- Doan't
Done- Dunn
Duty- Dooty

E
Eaten/Ate- Eated
Earthquake- Urthenquaker
Enough- Enuff
Experiment- Asperimend


F
Fine- Foin
Fire- Foir
First- Furst
Fly- Floi
Follow- Foller
For- Furr
Forward- For'ard
Fox- Foxer/Foxerbeast
Frogs- Froggers
From- Frumm
Fruitcake- Fruitycake/Frootycaker

G
Ghosts- Goasters
Go- Goo
Gone- Gonned
Goodbye- Gu'bye
Good- Gudd
Grandfather- Granfer
Grandmother- Granmurr
Great/ Greatly- Gurt/Gurtly

H
Habit- Hoobit
Had- 'Ad
Hard- 'Ard
Hare- 'Arebeast
Hankerchief- Hankerchiefy
Have- Gotten
Having- Hoveng
Here- Yurr
Hidden- 'Idden
Home- 'Ome
Honey- 'Unny
Hot- 'Ot

I
If- Iffen   
Instead- 'Stead
Infants- H'infants

K
Kindly- Koindly
Knowing- Knowin'

L
Lad- Laddo
Laugh- Larf
Like- Loike
Little- Liddle
Loively- Lively
Look at- Lookit
Look- Lukk
Losts- Lots

M
Mister or Master- Maister
Ma'am or Madam- Marm
Mighty- Moighty
Miss- Miz
Missy- Mizzy
Mole- Moler
My- Moi
   
N
Nasty- Narsty
Nice- Noice
Night- Noight
Now- Naow

O
October Ale- 'Tober Ale
Ocean- H'ocean
Of- O'
Oil- 'Ol
Old- Owd

P
Pie- Poi
Poetry- Poartee
Portions- Porshings
Pudding- Pudden

R
Rabbit- Rabbet
Rascals- Rarscals
Raspberries- Rabserries
Reconnoitering- 'Eckertoimerin
Remember- Amember
Right- Roight
Runners- Roiners/roinners
Rutabaga- Rootybag

S
Saying- Sayen
Says- Sez
Serpent- Surpint
Silent- Soilent
Sir- Zurr
Something- Summat
Soup- Zoop
Speak- Spake
Stole- Stoled
Sunrise- Sunroise
Supper- Zupper
Surprise- Surproise
Swear- Swurr

T
Terrible- Turrible
There- Thurr'
---There is- Thurr'm
Thinking- Thinken
Those- They
Though- Tho'
Thy- Thoi
To- T'
---To be- T'be
-------Note: Most To Be verbs follow this same formula of combining the word with the t' prefix. For example To Run would be T'run.
Tremble- Trimble

U
Uncle- H'uncle, Nuncle
Upsetting- Oopsettin


V
Vermin- Vurmints/Varmints
Very- Vurry
Villain- Villyun

W
Wake- Waken
Wasps- Waspers
Water- Watter
Welcome- Walcim
Were- Wurr
Wetting- Wetten
What- Wot
Where- Whurr
----Where Will- Whurr'll
Why- Whoi
With- Wi'
Wonderful- Wunnerful
Wood or Would - Wudd
Woodland/Forest- Wuddland
Worm- Wurm
Worse- Wurse
Wouldn't- Wuddent
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Harespeech
[spoiler]Unlike other dialects in the Redwall Universe, hares are less categorized by an accent, but rather how they say and describe things. For that reason, this part is less a dictionary, and more of a general reference.

Wot = Similar to the real-world term what? This is put at the end of sentences of people speaking old British Military and RAF lingo. It equates to "eh?" The hares take this another step to the point that they will put it in  sentences that are not questions, but are making a statement that looks for affirmation from the conversation partner: "I say, Buck, here comes the jolly old shrew fleet, eh (wot)."
Jolly/Old/Bally = All of these are used in roughly the same way as positive descriptive adjectives. E.g: "I say, Buck, here comes the jolly old shrew fleet, wot."
Flippin' = Used as an adjective (usually used to increase the intensity of the sentence). Similar to 'Flamin' '.
Flamin' = Used as an adjective (usually used when aggitated). Similar to 'Flippin' '.
Blinkin' = Used like 'Flippin' '.
Bloomin' = Used like 'Blinkin' '.
Blazin' = See 'Bloomin' '.
Blasted = Used much like 'blazin' ' and such.
Bloody = See 'blasted'.
Ruddy = See 'bloody'.
Gel = Girl[/spoiler]

Highlander
[spoiler]The beasts of the Northlands are fierce warriors, surviving in an area of the world that is subject to constant conflict and home to many vermin armies. In a land categorized by rocky terrain and rolling grassy hills, it's no surprise that these beasts- usually but not limited to Squirrels and Hares- carry an accent with very obvious Scottish inspiration.

General Highland-isms and Common Phrases

Bonny = This means a lot of things, but it always means something good; e.g., bonny lass
Lad = Young male, usually having not yet reached adulthood
----Laddie = Young male; also a term of endearment
Lass = Young female, typically not yet an adult
-----Lassie = Young female; as with laddie, it can be a term of endearment
Numptie = Fool; colossal idiot

Pronouns

I - Ah
---I'll - Ah'll
My- Mah
You- Ye

A

Along - Alang

B

Before- Afore
Brave- Braw

C

Cannot- Canna or Cannae
Child - Bairn
Cold- Cauld
Couldn't- Couldna' or Couldnae

D

Do- Dae
Do not- Dinna or Dinnae

G

Go- Gae

N

No- Nae
Not- No'

S

Shouldn't- Shouldnae

T

To- Tae

W

With- Wi' or Wit'
Won't- Willnae
Wouldn't- Wouldnae
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Vermin-
Hordebeasts and Corsairs-
[spoiler]Vermin are dumb, rude, and uncivilized. As to be expected, they have an accent with slurs and mumbles that best resembles something akin to cockney. (that was a joke, don't hurt meeee.) Because of this, it's best you use vermin accents sparingly and intelligently. A more heavily accented character may appear to embody these traits more and more just by their tone of voice- which may be bad if you're writing some smug, wine sipping, warlord character-, but if used sparingly, your character can appear much more intelligent while still retaining a vermin edge.

Pronouns-

Them- Dem = Them
There/Their/They're- Dere
You- Ya
Your, You're, You. Also used as acknowledgment- Yarr
Your- Yer / Yore

A

Another- Annuver

B

Business-  Bizness
Brother-  Brudder

C

Can- Kin
Champion- Champeen

D

Dead- Dedd / Dedded

F

For- Fer

G

Get--
----Off - Gerroff
-----On- Gerron
-----Out- Gerrout
----------Out of- Gerrouta
-----Up- Gerrup
Good- Gudd / Gud

H

Has- Haz

I

Into- Inta / Inter

L

Listen- Lissen = Listen
Lots of- Lotsa

M

Maybe- Mebbe
Must of- Musta

N

Not a- Norra
Not in- Norrin

O

On A- Onna
One- Wan
Out of- Outta

P

Plenty- Plenny

S

Shut up- Shaddap / Shuddup
Slain/Slew- Slayed
Something- Sumtin
Sort of- Sorta

T

The- Der
This- Dis
Think- Tink
To- Ter

U

Understand- Unnerstand

V

Vegetables- Veggibles
Vittles/Food- Vikkles

W

Was- Wuz
Weapon- Weppin
What About- Worrabout
What Do You- Waddaya
With- Wid
Work- Werk [/spoiler]

Flitchaye
[spoiler]Flitchaye take being a vermin to a new level. While vermin are typically lazy and uncivilized, Flitchaye are simply tribes of savages, often occupying areas of the forest, dressing in rags and covering themselves in warpaint. They capture any trespassers who unfortunately enter their domain with a handy herb that, when burnt, emits a smoke that puts anyone who breathes it asleep. Then they take their victim back to their camp to do with as they please- whether that's torturing and killing, keeping as personal slaves or pets, or even to cook up for a nice meal.

Flitchaye are manic and their dialogue should reflect as such. They share the same dictionary as the vermin above them, but with some added words and phrases below.

Flitchaye-isms and Common Phrases
D' = The. Typically, it is attached to the beginning of the word it is indicating. A sentence by a Flitcheye would be like so: "We d'Flitchaye!" or "I have d'sword!"

A
After- Arter

G

Gentle beasts- Gennelbeasts
Get out of here!- Gerroutofit
Got a- Gotta

K

Killed- Kil't /Slayed

L

Little- Liddle

P

Poor- Pore

S

Shut up- Shurrup

T

To- Ter
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