How to train your dragon

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We went to see "How to train your dragon" today. Enjoyed it greatly: the story was sweet, and the animation was stunning. There's just one thing I don't understand:

Why did the Vikings all have Scottish accents?

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A condensation of events perhaps? As my ancestry is Viking by way of Scots, perhaps they did it for me. I'll have to see the movie and find out!
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doesn't the answer tend toward the political?
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My guess is that they couldn't find anyone who knew what a Viking sounded like, so they went with the next most incomprehensible.
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Redwolf wrote:Why did the Vikings all have Scottish accents?
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Redwolf wrote:.....
Why did the Vikings all have Scottish accents?
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Given that Vikings didn't even speak English,
which English speaking accent would you consider
authentically representing them?
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Lambchop wrote:My guess is that they couldn't find anyone who knew what a Viking sounded like, so they went with the next most incomprehensible.
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yes, well, it was brilliant :lol:
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s1m0n wrote:
Redwolf wrote:Why did the Vikings all have Scottish accents?
The original Swedish Chef didn't go well at the test screenings.
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More curious is how all the children raised in this isolated Scottish Viking Village all spoke with American Kid voices.
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Have some friends who renovated their kitchen, they got Vikings but I don't think they have been real pleased with them. Some of my sibs married Vikings, mostly from Mininesota, I have never been able to understand them. The Nor-vegans are the worst. Oh! Yah Shure!
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