manulpika reblogged
For assorted reasons, we generally associate Tolkien-esque Dwarves with Scottish accents. But Middle-earth is loosely based on the British Isles as a whole (sorta, it was originally meant as a "mythology for England"). That brings us to an obvious question:
If you are unfamiliar with what a Welsh accent sounds like, a video of Michael Sheen has been provided below the cut.
#Rohan Rohan Rohan#Rohan sweep y’all#Wales has the most incredible history of bardic poetry#And pride in the national culture of poetry and huge poetry competitions!!#you know Rohan is 24/7 having an Eisteddfod#Dylan Thomas Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night!!!#King Arthur!!!!!#Also bc we gotta think linguistically#their languages being an example of the language family that’s been in that area for a long time#Celtic and whatever men were speaking in the second age in middle earth that I’m not going to look up#and not having those influences of Saxon/French/Sindarin#I’ve never thought about this question before but now I’m so invested#lotr