Rarity is British!

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,852]

I've always believed that Rarity is or at the least aspires to be British, let me give you a few reasons:

 

•She's appears ashamed of her origins.

No American would be.

•She actively changed her accent to sound middle class. Again, something only a Brit would do.

• Her accent. Some say it's transatlantic, but as someone who has lived in one of the trendiest areas of London, Hampstead, you hear her accent all the time in the coffee shops and boutiques

•and finally...

 

I would really like a Brit to back me up on this!

[Delernil 952]

South Carolinian here, close enough...?

 

I can see the other points but where was she ashamed of her origins? I dont remember hearing anything even hinting at that.

[tripfly 264]

South Carolinian here, close enough...?

 

I can see the other points but where was she ashamed of her origins? I dont remember hearing anything even hinting at that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTSfIIxTADg i think this is what he's talking about

[hawkflame 3,308]

I've always believed that Rarity is or at the least aspires to be British, let me give you a few reasons:

 

•She's appears ashamed of her origins.

No American would be.

•She actively changed her accent to sound middle class. Again, something only a Brit would do.

• Her accent. Some say it's transatlantic, but as someone who has lived in one of the trendiest areas of London, Hampstead, you hear her accent all the time in the coffee shops and boutiques

•and finally...900e625493a9a03beeb357798cc10f2d-d4u7pw2.png

 

I would really like a Brit to back me up on this!

 

 

Actually, Rarity's accent is deliberately modeled after Audrey Hepburn, who is known to have a Transatlantic accent. 

[Delernil 952]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTSfIIxTADg i think this is what he's talking about

Ah. Well then, that seems reasonable enough.

[tripfly 264]

Ah. Well then, that seems reasonable enough.

Honestly i think it was mostly out of embarrassment 

[yeet 2,026]

inb4 ghostie. yes, she is english, just because we should have a character.

[An Old Head 4,815]

Heh, I like your reasoning behind why she'd be ashamed of her origins.

 

I've never noticed her being ashamed of her origins. Where have you noticed that? She always seemed fine with them to me. In the Cutie Mark Chronicles she didn't seem particularly fussed about wherever she came from, and I noticed nothing from when her parents stopped by in Sisterhooves Social.

 

Changing your accent to middle class isn't necessarily exclusive to the Brits. It depends on the areas you grow up in from personal experience - live in Kensington or Knightsbridge and you'll most likely end up with that accent as opposed to your average Peckham/Brixton inhabitant. (No offence to anyone who lives in Peckham or Brixton, I'm sure you're quite lovely.)

 

In fact, the only really British thing I've seen Rarity do is enjoy a cup of tea. The rest of her seems France-influenced, mostly the brunt of her fashion enthusiasm. Then again, I've not looked too in-depth into Rarity, so I might be overlooking a few things ^^

Edited April 28, 2014 by Flipturn

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,852]

Actually, Rarity's accent is deliberately modeled after Audrey Hepburn, who is known to have a Transatlantic accent.

 

But where did Audrey Hepburn live in the UK after WW2? Hampstead! And that's where she picked up her accent!

[hawkflame 3,308]

But where did Audrey Hepburn live in the UK after WW2? Hampstead! And that's where she picked up her accent!

 

... and then spent the next few decades in America. 

[Skeletor Brony 703]

Well, the voice actor is has a North-Western Mediterranean accent. So, I guess the white one has the same accent. French/British/whatever.

[Malinter 3,064]

I'd say trans-atlantic too. Pipsqueak on the other hand...  

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,852]

I'd say trans-atlantic too. Pipsqueak on the other hand...  

Pipsqueak comes from Trottingham, which is a play on Nottingham. Now NO one from Nottingham has that kind of accent!

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

I'd say that her accent is more trans-atlantic 1940s Uptown New york. Her character certainly fits with the Art Deco, fashion obsessed lady of the 1920s-early1940s.

[Static Electricity 729]

The accents is Atlantic (not the same thing.)

[NocturnaMoon 4]

To say that us brits are ashamed of our origin is, I can not even choose a word to describe how I feel about that...I for one am proud to be British :okiedokielokie:

 

I do agree that rarity is British though

[Dattebayo 2,850]

Narp, Lauren Faust said she had a mid-atlantic accent when talking about her creation.

Add to the fact that none of her parents or Sweetie Belle have this accent (they have more of a Minnesotan accent), and this shoots the idea Down.

I'd say trans-atlantic too. Pipsqueak on the other hand...

He only talked like that when he was in a pirate costume though.

When he was asking Luna if Nightmare Night was still a thing,be didn't have the accent anymore.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Going by her choice in fashion, and the "higher arts darrrling", she is modeled after 1920s era high society New York City girls. Her verbiage, and the way she pronounces words are evident of this.

[Eloquence 2,076]

While i don't think she sounds british, i did show my non-brony boyfriend a clip of her recently, and after seeing it he asked why she has a british accent. I think it might sound a bit british, but that atlantic is a much better way to describe it.

 

I can just hear Rarity seeing this post and responding indignantly.

"My accent is not British it is Atlantic! And i for one have never been ashamed of my hometown, humble as it may be. Really, the nerve of some people..."

[hawkflame 3,308]

I don't think Rarity is ashamed of her hometown as much as she aspires to live the high life. 

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,852]

While i don't think she sounds british, i did show my non-brony boyfriend a clip of her recently, and after seeing it he asked why she has a british accent. I think it might sound a bit british, but that atlantic is a much better way to describe it.

I can just hear Rarity seeing this post and responding indignantly.

"My accent is not British it is Atlantic! And i for one have never been ashamed of my hometown, humble as it may be. Really, the nerve of some people..."

I've said this once, and I'll say it again, that accent is heard all the time in London in places such as Hampstead, Highgate, Dulwich, Chiswick, etc etc. I know this because I've lived in Hampstead and Chiswick!

[ghostfacekiller39 23,856]

inb4 that jerkwad ghostie shows up

She speaks with a Trans-Atlantic Dialect, which is a learned accent that is more formal than your standard American accent; it gives her use of the language a bit more twang, but it is far from being british.

 

Also, a picture of Rarity saluting a Union Jack doesn't make her british.

 

Does this make her Canadian?

 

 

Echh. Throwing out the term "British" because she has a half-way british accent and drinks tea occasionally just seems to be jumping too quickly to conclusions for me

 

No, she is not British. (It's also been stated that she's been in Ponyville all of her life, I believe, which is pretty far from being in the Equestrian equivalent of the U.K., judging by the other ponies surrounding her )

Edited April 28, 2014 by ghostfacekiller39

[Commander Hurricane 170]

To be honest, her accent isn't all that British. Maybe there's just some really super posh place somewhere else.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

To be honest, her accent isn't all that British. Maybe there's just some really super posh place somewhere else.

Her accent is supposed to be a near parody of the 1920s High roller New York lady accent. It goes along with her verbiage, and the way she acts.

[Mushroom Mutate 69]

This post annoys me. Being a brit myself. I know of NO ONE who is ashamed to be British! I know no brits who speak like rarity.