The official book where I, the almighty Xinfenix, rant and discuss my countryhumans universe, headcanons, and AU's!
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Credit: Polandball Wiki (USAball)・Map of USAball's stateballs, some territoryballs, and neighboring countryballs.・https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/USAball#/media/File:QY2FAni.jpg
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Headcanon
I wanted to start a new series where I imagine what each countryhuman would sound like along with a few examples of it, or as best examples I could find to describe my ideas.I got this idea through a question on r/Countryball_Coalition. The original question asked:
"What do you imagine each of the countries' voices to sound like?"
Many of the comments as expected described countries with stereotypical accents of that land like "slavic = deep voice" and "'Murica = loud af texan." Now I'm not here to slander the comments one bit because I can pretty much agree with that, but since this is CH (we tend to include a whole lot more regional differences due to being a bit strayed away from the whole satirical political comics which is polandball) I'd like to expand on it a bit more to include some of my own interpretations!
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In this chapter I want to dedicate this solely on America. Specifically his voice throughout history. For example different time periods like his colonial era.I might skip over time periods (I'm only doing three very generalised , so don't shit on me for that, time periods right now) just because I don't feel like doing it now, and if I do I might cover them in a different chapter. To be honest this is more of a chapter to display visually my ideas than anything else.
TLDR: I got really fucking lazy while doing this
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Voices
United States of America [Modern day]:
In my opinion, I think modern day U.S wouldn't just sound like the stereotypical loud Texan at times, but also a wide range of different regional accents due to how diverse America is. Depending on the situation he could go from, as said above, stereotypical Texan or southern accents to a Boston accent. I'm not going to say every type of accent, but you get the gist.
As for pitch and general description of voice, I'd imagine he would have a semi-deep voice that, when yelling, could go a bit higher — not too high to the point that it sounds like America's on helium. It could also go much lower when he is serious, in the mood for a more formal tone of conversation, or speaking in a hushed manner.
Credit: Condé Nast Traveler・50 People Show Us Their States' Accents・https://youtu.be/UcxByX6rh24
United States [Cold War Era]:
This period I imagine America is starting to sound more and more like a typical American accent. To be honest I have less and less to say in each description, so I'll let the music speak for itself.
Credit: Five Stars (1957)・Atom Bomb Baby・https://youtu.be/TRxeIe84pbM
United States [WWI - WWII Periods]:
At this point I think America's voice would be undergoing more major transitions in his accent during this period. From songs I've heard during these eras (I'm not sure if it's just me? I honestly don't know if it's because of the quality of the audio recordings, if I simply just can't tell between accents, or this was just how people sounded when singing) I still hear traces of the Brits accent sprinkled around, or at least something a bit more posher than nowadays. Well from what I've observed, America when singing still rolls his r's a tad bit, just like Britain does when he sings. Sorry I'm not great at descriptions, the best I can give you all are audio examples.
Credit: George M. Cohan (1917)・Over There | US army WW1 footage in Color・https://youtu.be/MlA0PJyl0Eg
Credit: Jack Judge (1912)・It's a Long Way to Tipperary - WW1 American Version・https://youtu.be/LarvPBLi3X0
