Mr. Toads son adopted?
I noticed that when Mr. toad talks, his accent is like British or Australian, but when his son talks he speaks without an accent, what if he's actually adopted, either that or his mom is American.
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My parents are Italian and portuguese, I was born in Canada and have neither accent. I am not adopted. ..
Or...it could be that Toad was born in England, and T.J. wasn't, hence the lack of accent. However, I prefer this reason: "adult (or child) actor couldn't do a good accent so we'll just have to roll with it." It's akin to "this character's hat is pink because we ran out of red ink and had a deadline."
In other words, I don't think it's a significant detail, and no, I don't find the lack of accent jarring or an impediment to the game play and story.
Children tend to take on the accents of their peers, not their parents (when the parents' accents are different). I learned this in college. It's totally normal for TJ to talk like that, unless he doesn't interact with anyone but his father. In that case, he should have his father's accent. We don't know about Mrs. Toad. I wonder where she is? She could be American.
There was an attempt at an accent in part 1.
That makes perfect sense because (as I wrote below), kids normally take on the accents of their peers if their parents have different accents. I learned this in my Human Growth and Development class in college. Kids want to fit in with their social groups, their friends. So they tend to speak alike. I have lots of friends who have Asian, European, and Hispanic parents. They all speak like I do (both my parents are American). It's because we all grew up together in the same place, so we speak alike. Your situation is definitely the norm. TJ must have American friends (or Canadian, because our accents are similar).
No doot aboot it, eh.
Yes, adopted. From another family of anthropomorphic fairytale toad creatures.
Your accent is usually based on your peers. Look at anyone with immigrant parents, they talk like where they're from, not where their parents are from. You accent even changes when you move; my mother grew up through college in Philadelphia, but, even though she doesn't talk with a Boston accent now, she certainly has lost a lot of her Philadelphia-ims... (she can now pronounce the word 'water' instead of saying 'wooder') When we visit her sisters they sound different, and sometimes they'll comment on my New England accent. (My father isn't from New England either)
he was raised from the pond.