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{{quote|"Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four."}} |
{{quote|"Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four."}} |
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** Carrot, as [[The Chosen One]], learns languages unnaturally fast, but [[Painting the Fourth Wall|not perfectly]]. |
** Carrot, as [[The Chosen One]], learns languages unnaturally fast, but [[Painting the Fourth Wall|not perfectly]]. |
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** Amber from ''I Shall Wear Midnight'' picks up almost any language unbelievably fast. |
** Amber from ''[[I Shall Wear Midnight]]'' picks up almost any language unbelievably fast. |
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* Every single male protagonist of a book written by [[Dan Brown]]. Most notably the guy in ''[[Digital Fortress]]'' (his being able to speak Spanish was the reason he was sent to Spain {{spoiler|that and [[Murder the Hypotenuse|so his fiance's boss could get him killed]]}}). |
* Every single male protagonist of a book written by [[Dan Brown]]. Most notably the guy in ''[[Digital Fortress]]'' (his being able to speak Spanish was the reason he was sent to Spain {{spoiler|that and [[Murder the Hypotenuse|so his fiance's boss could get him killed]]}}). |
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** This part being, as is usual in the author, [[Dan Browned]]. The character is supposed to speak Spanish so well that he can fake a Burgos accent. But that's like saying someone can speak English so well as to fake a perfect "neutral accent" such as [[Useful Notes/British Accents|the RP]] or [[American Accents|Midwestern]].<ref>Being in the heart of old Castile, Burgos has the same standard Castilian accent spoken over most of central Spain and the one in which virtually every film and TV in Spain is produced, so far that Spaniards sometimes joke that "The Burgos accent is the not-accent".</ref> |
** This part being, as is usual in the author, [[Dan Browned]]. The character is supposed to speak Spanish so well that he can fake a Burgos accent. But that's like saying someone can speak English so well as to fake a perfect "neutral accent" such as [[Useful Notes/British Accents|the RP]] or [[American Accents|Midwestern]].<ref>Being in the heart of old Castile, Burgos has the same standard Castilian accent spoken over most of central Spain and the one in which virtually every film and TV in Spain is produced, so far that Spaniards sometimes joke that "The Burgos accent is the not-accent".</ref> |
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