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Eledhwen
Ironically Goblins are the american race. So are gnomes, Tauren (western culture), and maybe Orcs. Trolls Jamacan, BE British, NE Indian/ middle east (due to their peeaceful actions), Dwarves Russian/Irish Dranei brazilian.
Man, i was completely fine with your post until i saw what you put for dwarves. No, just no. Dwarves are scottish, don't try to take that from us. Draenei are the Russians, if you listen to the way they speak that's proof enough.
*Shakes head*. No, here is the scoop...
Draenei are Gypsies. They've been persecuted and wandered all over the universe and have no real home of their own..Just like Gypsies. Gypsies are known to be from Romania but they actually originated from India (some place else=Argus) long ago..
Tauren=Native American. 'Nuf said.
Dwarves are SCOTTISH. Not Irish. Dwarves like to drink. This is pretty much a common Dwarvish feature in fantasy literature.
Humans are AMERICAN. Listen to a Human female talk. She's a Valley Girl like from California like, Ya know? The males are American too.
Night Elves are modeled after ancient Japanese culture. They call their teachers "Shan' do"..Honored Teacher. Their buildings, clothing, weapons and the music that you hear. Plus, Japan isolated itself from the rest of the world for hundreds of years until the 1850s, afterwards their entire world changed. Sound familiar?
Forsaken are Vincent Price. Ever watch an old horror flick? There's your Forsaken.
Trolls are Jamaican. Yah, Mon.
Orcs are Klingon. Go Trek! Blood and Honor! It's a good day to die!
Blood Elves, well..it's obvious. The woman are beotches and the men, well...uh. They kinda like other male Blood Elves a lot. There's even a joke about that. Yes, you have that Hollywood attitude in there..
Gnome females are from Brooklyn (LISTEN to them speak their jokes!) and the males are geeks/nerds. The male Gnomes all graduated from M.I.T and Cal Tech.
Goblins are the Ferengi. More Trek! I have a Gnome banker named Ferengi and I've ALWAYS said I wish she would be a Goblin. Well now I have the chance and I have the name. ;) Goblins are every used car salesman on Earth!
Worgen being English... That would work pretty good considering all the stories about murders in London. "Werewolves of London" strike a bell?
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Adamsm
Gypsies are known to be from Romania but they actually originated from India (some place else=Argus) long ago..
Huh?
They are a European descent, not Asian.
Learn your history heh.
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Eledhwen
Gypsies are known to be from Romania but they actually originated from India (some place else=Argus) long ago..
Huh?
They are a European descent, not Asian.
Learn your history heh.
Well, maybe you should read your links:
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that a gypsy is a member of a wandering race (by themselves called Romany), of Hindu origin, which first appeared in England about the beginning of the 16th c. (by hotchkiss) and was then believed to have come from Egypt.
Last time I checked "Hindu" meant "India" but it's a bit nebulous. However it seems that according to this info they came from Egypt. There's some debate on that but even so, last time I checked Egypt wasn't in Europe. Maybe you should learn your geography. Heh.
However, the Gypsies I'm referring to and that I believe that the Draenei are modeled after are also called "Roma" or "Romani"..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Romani_people#Origin
Linguistic and genetic evidence indicates the Romanies originated from the Indian subcontinent, emigrating from India towards the northwest no earlier than the 11th century. Contemporary populations sometimes suggested as sharing a close relationship to the Romani are the Dom people of Central Asia and the Banjara of India.
So it seems I know my history quite well.
Now tie this into what I said about the Draenei, who came from Draenor BUT were originally from "someplace else long ago" (Argus) and have basically wandered the universe without having a home. Not to mention the accents, etc. Makes sense to me.
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chase123
Ok. Ok. After much discussion, here are the new warcraft race/culture combos.
Humans are American.
Dwarves are Scottish.
Gnomes are the nerds from all the cultures.
Night Elves are Eastern Asian.
Draenei are Gypsies.
Worgen are English.
Orcs are African-American.
Trolls are Jaimaican.
Tauren are Native American.
Undead are French.
Blood Elves are German.
Goblins are Italian-American.
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Eledhwen
Ok. Ok. After much discussion, here are the new warcraft race/culture combos.
Undead are French.
Blood Elves are German.
Goblins are Italian-American.
No, no..I CANNOT go with my Undead being FRENCH. ROFLMAO! Listen to the Undead speak. They definitely are from a horror flick. Look at the cities and the apothecaries doing their experiments in their labs..It's classic Frankenstein. As someone else said, Blizzard doesn't apply nationalities to everyone..sometimes it's a genre. The Undead are rather rude though..Hmmm..That's rather "French".
However in a nod to the Blood Elves, it seems that their society is quite fascist and imperialistic. Silvermoon city reminds me of some strange Orwellian culture with Big Brother watching you (all those Arcane Guardians saying people who don't abide by the laws will be terminated, all the guards, the statues of Kael and now their current leader, etc, etc.
I tend to think of them as more Mussolini fascist then Nazi though. Plus there's the interesting architecture that they have. Reminds me a bit of Rome. My husband thinks they were modeled after Imperial Romans or Mussolini era Italians but they are "Metrosexual" (male) and Beoth-y (female)..so I hold true with the Hollywood elite personality types.
I don't think "German" is a very good description though. I'd say "Romulan"...Just as Night Elves come off as being "Vulan". Again, appealing to us Trek fans... the Orcs are definitely "Klingon". The strong African tribal warrior type? Perhaps, if you want to connect it with our world. I often wonder how many Trek fans there are at Blizzard. ;).
Goblins are definitely Mafioso in spirit. I could go with that. Especially the Goblin females.. Definitely some New Yawker there.
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Eledhwen
Gnome females are from Brooklyn (LISTEN to them speak their jokes!) and the males are geeks/nerds. The male Gnomes all graduated from M.I.T and Cal Tech.
Goblins are the Ferengi.
Um, really no. Does no-one else hear that "Minnesooota" or almost-Canadian accent in the Gnome female way of saying "have a great day now!" ? .
I'll have to listen to my Gnome female banker more. I thought I was getting some New York attitude there in her jokes. Maybe not. I can see the Midwest.. the "Have a great day now" is a strong argument so I think you have something there!
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Undead from canada? i was pretty sure gutter speak was a primordial peasent class of english. Gutter speak as in the speak of the gutter..ie tramps who sleep in the gutter. and since undead live in a huge "under city" it could be seen to be very similar.
By the way i am ready to argue .
Edited: misspelt peasent.
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chase123
Undead from canada? i was pretty sure gutter speak was a primordial peasent class of english. Gutter speak as in the speak of the gutter..ie tramps who sleep in the gutter. and since undead live in a huge "under city" it could be seen to be very similar.
By the way i am ready to argue .
Edited: misspelt peasent.
I updated it. Here's the new list.
Humans are American.
Dwarves are Scottish.
Gnomes are the nerds from all the cultures.
Night Elves are Eastern Asian.
Draenei are Gypsies.
Worgen are English.
Orcs are African-American.
Trolls are Jaimaican.
Tauren are Native American.
Undead are French.
Blood Elves are German.
Goblins are Italian-American.
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jefflovealex
Undead from canada? i was pretty sure gutter speak was a primordial peasent class of english. Gutter speak as in the speak of the gutter..ie tramps who sleep in the gutter. and since undead live in a huge "under city" it could be seen to be very similar.
By the way i am ready to argue .
Edited: misspelt peasent.
I updated it. Here's the new list.
Humans are American.
Dwarves are Scottish.
Gnomes are the nerds from all the cultures.
Night Elves are Eastern Asian.
Draenei are Gypsies.
Worgen are English.
Orcs are African-American.
Trolls are Jaimaican.
Tauren are Native American.
Undead are Medieval English.
Blood Elves are German.
Goblins are Italian-American.
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Erlinn
Everyone who lives in England wears a tophat. If you go to England, you automatically are wearing a tophat.
Trufax
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Patty
Everyone who lives in England wears a tophat. If you go to England, you automatically are wearing a tophat.
Trufax
I wear one on a daily basis and shine people's shoes in a City which does not yet have telephones, or the internet. I also happen to suffer from a Worgen curse. This man tells the truth.
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Erlinn
Unfortunately, up here in Scotland we're always wearing
skirts
kilts. =/
If you look at all the Dwarves in WoW, they're actually all wearing kilts, you just need to look carefully.
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