Adunian Slang

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Alright, me and several of the Adunians who follow me all worked on this awhile back, and I wanted to post it as well, as an alternative to the Adunian Language I created. Keep in mind you don't have to follow this, but it's just here to make roleplay more interesting.))

 

Adunian Slang

Although this slang is more commonly used by the Adenians, as the Anadunians prefer to speak clearly, the Adunian slang is very similar to dwarven slang. There are a few differences, and some odd words they might use, but otherwise they are much alike.

 

 

Slang:
 

Laurd: Sir
 

Bint: Womanly parts, grave insult
 

Bairn/Kiddeh: Kid
 

Highter: High strung, pompous, overconfidant
 

Malker: Slang for Dark Elf, also used for edgy characters
 

Malam: Slang for Wood Elf, also used to mean “always hiding” or “Scared”
 

Malaherl: Slang for High Elf, also synonymous for “Highter”
 

Lass or Lad: girl or boy respectively
 

Tulzie: Fight
 

Ken: Know
 

Bitta’: Small (“Ah faend eh lul bitta’ weed behaend teh barn, lass.”) <-  lel.

 

Big’un: Big (“Saints presurv ez! Yer quaete theh big’un, inncha?”)
 

Yae/Yeh/Aye: Yes

Nae/Naw: No  

 

Foe/Faux: Fake, False, Untrue
 

Blarny/Gab: small talk, conversation - “Okey, t’ook up with th’ lass ove’ thaer, ye be need’n some blarny.”

 

Big’un-speak: Adult language
 

Mottey: Girl/girlfriend

 

Mot: Boy/Boyfriend
 

Drood/Drude/Tree’ugger: Druid
 

Eedjut/Idjut/Eejit: Idiot, imbecile, fool
 

Nekker: An insult, to call some one “pure evil” basically. Comes from “Necromancer”
 

Gabbin’:Talking

 

Idioms:

 

Actin’ th’ fish: To act like a fool, or make a fool of yourself or others.
 

A coin to ye’: Basically good luck
 

Bear’s a bear: Tell the truth
 

By th’ Orkae Calendar: When Pig’s fly
 

To be a horse by th’ naenth maele: To be Exhausted
 

Stuffin the Brain: To force an idea into someone, to indoctrinate someone (‘e’s dun a bitta’ stuffin’ th’ brain, ‘adn’t ‘e?)
 

Th’ gem tha’ emptied the dwarven vault: Basically the straw that broke the camel’s back
 

When ye speak o’ th’ birds…: Basically speak of the devil. The long phrase is, “When ye speak o’ th’ birds, the birds do be a flappin’”.
 

I’m sure surprised: “I don’t care”. Usually accompanied by the rolling of the eyes.

 

 

 

Common Adunian way of speaking:
 

In the old Adunian Language, there was no yes or no. Instead, they would repeat the verb used in the question. That passed on to when Adunian’s use common today.
 

Ex:

Q: Did you go to the house? A: I did.

Q: Are you coming back? A: I am.

 

The Adunians also refer to a person of a higher rank or level, whether actually or self-defined, as “himself”, “herself”, “yourself” or “themselves”.
 

Ex:

    “Is ‘imself cauming down th’ stairs!”

    “I mean aul respect te yesself, laurd.”

 

Adunians will also use “to have” in a bit of an odd way. Knowledge is considered to be “had” not really known. It usually only applies to language or magic. Common knowledge is not usually referred to in this way.
 

Ex:

    “She ‘as elvish.”

    “‘e dunnt ‘ave dwarvish.”

 

Adunians also make an odd use of the verb “to be”. When they are using the verb “to do” in the sentence, they add “be” on the end of it.
 

Ex:

    “‘e does be workin’ ev’ry day”

    “Is ‘er I do be thinkin’ o’.”

 

Common Pronunciations:

 

Adunians say words very similar, but with slight difference, to dwarves. Here are some common Adunian sounds that are a bit different from regular common.

 

    Letter(s) - Pronunciation - How to type it - word example

i - “a”(as if you were saying the letter) - ae - “ mael’ ” (mile)

e - silent e - ‘ - “ th’ ”

i - “ee” - ee - “eeritat’d”

o - “uh” - u - “dun”

ed - “ed” - ‘d - “spawn’d”

o - ah - au - “caum”

a - ah - au - “aul”
t - t (at the end of words) - ‘ - “ waun’ ” (want)

 

 

 ((Keep in mind that very few Adunians would keep ALL of these accent changes. That would be a very thick accent. Typically you would see maybe one or two changes, maybe three. It's up to your discretion, but I would suggest keeping it small to make it more understandable.))

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