Author: alicehoffmans

What do you think Anne Boleyn’s accent was likely to be?

Not something I’ve done much reading on, so I’m going to quote my friend here:

“The 16th century French accent was very close to current Canadian French. It’s reinforced by the way Mantel has her saying “Cromwell” with a French accent. “Cremuel” is Cromwell with a French Canadian accent.” – @towyns

There’s also a thread on this at AB Files. 

Her potential birthdate could influence how strong her French accent was, also. If she was around 12 when she left to serve Margaret of Austria, her English accent was probably very strong and firmly-set (meaning, even if she learned and became fluent in French, she would still speak English as she had, without a French accent). If she was born in 1507, her French accent would be strong because she spent earlier formative years there, and had only been fluent in her own native tongue for a few years. 

silverhawk:

silverhawk:

ppl who get super protective over batmans character and refuse to let people make jokes about him/exaggerate aspects of his personality are so boring like this is a dude who dresses up as a bat to protect a city like saying he probably was a nerd in high school or doesn’t know what walmart is is not like the weirdest thing you can do to his character eofudhdnfhbd

me: bruce wayne probably had a toy light saber as a kid and brought it to school and tried to beat up bullies w it

extreme fanboys: sTOP DISRESPECTING HIM LIKE THIS!!!!

me: he dresses up. like a bat.

manintolerant:

I am pretty annoyed it’s so common for people to tell women to “not let men get a rise out of you” when they purposefully try to annoy you or upset you it’s like Literally never in my life have I heard people tell men to just stop bothering women.