>- On the subject, thick accents drive me nuts! I often get a
>headache trying to decipher what certain characters are
>saying. I think a character can have an accent without
>mangling every other word. If you look at most fictional
>characters in books that have accents, you'll see its much
>more downplayed than it is by most characters on CF. Also, if
>your character has an accent, do they really have to *write*
>with an accent too?
>
>
>HA! Go tell that to whoever decided Mino's should talk like they do.
>*shiver* I swear my brain has started to bleed several times
>while trying to decipher what the hell I was hearing.

I think in the case of minotaurs, we're not supposed to understand them. That's part of the point. It's actually quite a bit easier to get used to than many other accents I've seen recently. Minotaurs being asked what they said is almost expected, but it's a big different when I have to ask a dwarf what they said, especially when that dwarf expects me to follow every word of his garbled speech. I'd think we're supposed to get upset with the minotaurs, but they do all speak exactly the same. Putting up with a dwarf with a unique speech impediment isn't conducive to RP, it's conducive to people wanting to kick that dwarf's ass.

So, even though I don't like the mino-accent, at least it's something to get used to and deal with on a large scale. No need to learn each accent one at a time.