Rarity is British!

[baltoist 303]

she cant be british britan is not in equestria

[Eloquence 2,076]

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.

In that vein, contrary to what the OP said i know plenty of people who are ashamed to be American

[Mushroom Mutate 69]

In that vein, contrary to what the OP said i know plenty of people who are ashamed to be American

Both the british and american stereotypes are really bad. 

 

Like 'All americans are fat'

Or 'all brits drink tea and eat crumpets' (most of us LOVE tea, but not alot of us like crumpets!

 

And as for the queen, she isnt that popular with the people!

[Flash Fire 386]

•She's appears ashamed of her origins.

No American would be.

....because no american is ever ashamed of the stuff this country does..... *eyeroll*

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

You can't say someone would or would not do something because of where they were born/raised.

• 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

You also hear it through many high class areas of the US.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

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.

Okay, where abouts are you? Right now I'm at my girlfriend's in Kensal Green in London. If I walk twenty minutes to Notting Hill, I can hear that accent all the time!

[Dattebayo 2,850]

Both the british and american stereotypes are really bad.

 

Like 'All americans are fat'

Or 'all brits drink tea and eat crumpets' (most of us LOVE tea, but not alot of us like crumpets!

 

And as for the queen, she isnt that popular with the people!

Hey hey, if you're gonna drop that bombshell, a more fair stereotype that goes with your American one would be "all brits have bad teeth" or "all brits smell bad". x)

[Fox 5,330]

I thought she was Equestrian; not British.

[Espurr 449]

I thought I was the only one thinking she was British. She has the accent! Ohhh spooky! And not British just has the accent.

Edited April 28, 2014 by Star Ruby

[Mars Caramel 319]

Being a Brit myself, Rarity's accent barely sounds British to me. Lauren Faust even stated that she had thoughts of giving Rarity a British accent. But honestly, I would've liked her a lot more if she did. I always have a soft spot for multicultural characters.

 

I can understand people being ashamed of their own culture at some point in their lives, but it's not exactly a trait to the Brits, or anyone else for that matter.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

Being a Brit myself, Rarity's accent barely sounds British to me. Lauren Faust even stated that she had thoughts of giving Rarity a British accent. But honestly, I would've liked her a lot more if she did. I always have a soft spot for multicultural characters.

 

I can understand people being ashamed of their own culture at some point in their lives, but it's not exactly a trait to the Brits, or anyone else for that matter.

Well, I'm a Brit myself, and having lived in Hampstead and Chiswick, there are PLENTY of people around there who speak like Rarity!

In fact, she would feel far more at home living in those areas than I did!

[CT-1138 3,182]

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

Precisely. I wouldn't say she's ashamed of her origins so much as her aspirations to make it big overshadow her upbringing. My Aunt is similar. She was born out of a middle-class southwest suburb Chicago family, the daughter of a Union plumber no less. Yet she talks with a flair and puts on airs to make herself seem posh and more high-class than she really is. The main difference between my Aunt and Rarity, though, is Rarity is very generous and not afraid to get her hooves dirty when it's required of her (though she prefers not to). 

[Hansel 1,512]

I have literally never heard another British English person "put on" an "middle-class" accent in real life.

 

As several people have already pointed out, Rarity's accent doesn't actually sound English to me. I can see the resemblances, but it sounds more like she's picked it up and incorporated it into her speech later on in life.

 

Also, her dialect is more American than British. 

 

she cant be british britan is not in equestria

 

Also, this.^

Edited April 28, 2014 by Hansel

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

I have literally never heard another British English person "put on" an "upper-class" or "posh" accent in real life.

 

As severalmany people have already pointed out, Rarity's accent doesn't actually sound English to me. I can see the resemblances, but it sounds more like she's picked it up and incorporated it into her speech later on in life.

 

Also, her dialect is more American than British. 

 

 

 

Also, this.^

Well as a fellow Londoner, I know of one or two who put on a posh accent. In fact someone I knew at Uni used to do it all the time despite everyone knowing she came from Harlow in Essex!

[Scootalove 10,689]

I don't think that she is ashamed of her origins. Her accent doesn't sound British to me, more of a Trans-Atlantic accent to me.

[Hansel 1,512]

Well as a fellow Londoner, I know of one or two who put on a posh accent. In fact someone I knew at Uni used to do it all the time despite everyone knowing she came from Harlow in Essex!

 

To be fair, I can totally understand why one would want to cover up their Essex background. 

 

I live in North London/Hertfordshire, so...

 

Edited April 28, 2014 by Hansel

[Kay Dreamer 884]

The creator of the character has directly stated that Rarity's mannerisms, verbiage and accent are modelled off those of Audrey Hepburn and are trans-atlantic. You can't just ignore that fact when it's Word Of God. She speaks in a learned trans-atlantic accent, as evidenced by the fact that her sister and parents all speak like typical Equestrians. How can she be British when the rest of her family are so obviously not?

 

I'm fond of British accents myself and despite being Australian an over-exposure to BBC programming has left me with an odd pastiche of an accent. (I'm constantly having people ask where I'm from, it's embarrassing.) Rarity's accent is what can occur when the same thing happens to someone with an American accent.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

To be fair, I can totally understand why one would want to cover up their Essex background. 

 

I live in North London/Hertfordshire, so...

 

LOL! I went to Brunel University so we didn't get too many trust fund brats, but I did my masters at Kingston, and the amount of prissy b*tches there, you wouldn't believe!

[Virgil 685]

If Rarity is "British", then why do her parents talk like this?

 

In all honesty I don't think she is ashamed of where she is from in general, but she is someone that is concerned with high society, which means she would of course learn to speak in a very posh and proper manner. And given the Audrey Hepburn inspiration for her character it likely means we have a bit of a "My Fair Lady" scenario. So she likely got elocution lessons from the MLP equivalent of Rex Harrison's character Prof. Higgins: 

 

...Now I want a Rarity episode featuring her elocution teacher ...

[Hansel 1,512]

LOL! I went to Brunel University so we didn't get too many trust fund brats, but I did my masters at Kingston, and the amount of prissy b*tches there, you wouldn't believe!

 

Haha, I studied animation at Hertfordshire, myself. People on my course were super friendly.

 

Don't get started about the one at Kingston though. They're so far up their own arse's, they can't even see how terrible their course actually is. xD

 

Not sure about the other departments though.

[Rarity Paige Belle 1,854]

Haha, I studied animation at Hertfordshire, myself. People on my course were super friendly.

 

Don't get started about the one at Kingston though. They're so far up their own arse's, they can't even see how terrible their course actually is. xD

 

Not sure about the other departments though.

Ah, Hatfield. Home of the Galleria! Some of my mates went to UofH. Must be the only University with its own bus company!

[Hansel 1,512]

Ah, Hatfield. Home of the Galleria! Some of my mates went to UofH. Must be the only University with its own bus company!

 

Heh, Hatfield is the arse pit of Hertfordshire. x'D

 

The bus company is actually independent, but the uni has some kind of deal with them, so students and staff get a fair discount, and there's a free shuttle service that runs between the campuses and car parks... which is always handy. 

[Virgil 685]

 

 

I'm fond of British accents myself and despite being Australian an over-exposure to BBC programming has left me with an odd pastiche of an accent. (I'm constantly having people ask where I'm from, it's embarrassing.) Rarity's accent is what can occur when the same thing happens to someone with an American accent.

Yeah, I'm from Texas and was at my Grandparent's for several of my formative years 3-5 ( roughly ); and the only stuff they had to watch was old musicals (e.g. Roger & Hammerstein, My Fair Lady ), and most of the actors were either British and/or had trans-Atlantic accents. So despite my parents sounding very much like Texans, I speak in a mostly trans-Atlantic accent ( though I can switch to a very Texas accent when needed or funsies ). So I guess that makes me a "Rarity" .

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

Nope. As we can clearly see in and hear in "Sisterhooves Social", her parents sound like they just flew in from Fargo, which leads me to believe that she is, in actuality, Canadian or from the northernmost regions of North America, or whatever the pony equivalent of that is.

 

She only has a Trans-Atlantic English accent because she's modeled herself after the unicorns of Canterlot and that lifestyle. Not to say that she's "fake", per se, but she definitely built her personality from the ground up when she was younger.

 

Hope that doesn't retread what others have said. *reads @'s posts* Son of a Richie Rich.

Edited April 28, 2014 by CITRUS KING46

[shadowbass 25]

shes instantly amazing.

[Red Cedar 1,408]

You just need to listen to Rarity's parents talk to know she's not British herself. Rarity uses the Mid-Atlantic (or Transatlantic) accent.

 

Pipsqueak's accent is Cockney.