Quote:
Originally Posted by Plane
Does "Accented" apply to literacy too? Sounds like something intended for just speaking it, how you pronounce words. How much does pronunciation matter when all you need to do is read/write rather than hear/speak?
|
It does apply. The literal meaning of "accented" doesn't matter – it's just a name for a specific game effect. (The rules specifically state: "your speech and writing"). You could call it "rather fluent" instead. With Accented written English, I generally read fluently, but might need to re-read some more sophisticated sentences to understand them fully (a penalty to Speed Reading and Research, doubled for understanding Poetry), and sometimes construct a sentence in a quirky way – it usually gets the message through (a small Fast-Talk or Writing penalty), but looks just… weird, for a native speaker.