★ Speech 1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse? Adrienne has a light midwestern accent, born in Minnesota, though she's spent more years out of state than in it causing it to soften. Her directness can make her sound a little harder, though when she's more humoured or flirting it's smoother and softer. With patients, especially children, she speaks with a much gentler, softer tone to put them at ease.
2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate? She's a confident speaker, clear in what she says, only hesitating when she's not certain about something (or doesn't want to say something).
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics? Adrienne has two accents depending on what language she's speaking: English is a soft midwestern tone, and German sounds as if she's natively from Sankt Gallen, though someone that's lived abroad for a long time.
4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency? Her first language is German, spending more time in her younger years speaking it than English, though she grew up bilingually speaking both (German with her mother, English with her father and at school). Living in Egypt for two years Adrienne learned Arabic, able to work and hold conversations with her patients easily enough. She also speaks French, though her conversations are much more basic.
5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations? When Adrienne was younger she was much more confident speaking German, often only speaking it, but socially began speaking majority English. She speaks German when she visits Switzerland or with her Swiss family. Sometimes when she's frustrated and ranting she'll trail off into German, though that's a less common thing.
6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words? If it's a topic that Adrienne is knowledgable in she can speak about it, though something less familiar to her she'd have to think about it. She's had to present findings or attend conferences in the past to be a comfortable-enough speaker.
7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change? Typically eloquent. On Adrienne's worse days thinking isn't the easiest or what she wants to do so her conversations suffer, shorter answers, less communication and even her word choices can be blunter or harsher.
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1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
Adrienne has a light midwestern accent, born in Minnesota, though she's spent more years out of state than in it causing it to soften. Her directness can make her sound a little harder, though when she's more humoured or flirting it's smoother and softer. With patients, especially children, she speaks with a much gentler, softer tone to put them at ease.
2. How does she normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does she talk easily, or does she hesitate?
She's a confident speaker, clear in what she says, only hesitating when she's not certain about something (or doesn't want to say something).
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
Adrienne has two accents depending on what language she's speaking: English is a soft midwestern tone, and German sounds as if she's natively from Sankt Gallen, though someone that's lived abroad for a long time.
4. What language/s does she speak, and with how much fluency?
Her first language is German, spending more time in her younger years speaking it than English, though she grew up bilingually speaking both (German with her mother, English with her father and at school). Living in Egypt for two years Adrienne learned Arabic, able to work and hold conversations with her patients easily enough. She also speaks French, though her conversations are much more basic.
5. Does she switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
When Adrienne was younger she was much more confident speaking German, often only speaking it, but socially began speaking majority English. She speaks German when she visits Switzerland or with her Swiss family. Sometimes when she's frustrated and ranting she'll trail off into German, though that's a less common thing.
6. Is she a good impromptu speaker, or does she have to think about her words?
If it's a topic that Adrienne is knowledgable in she can speak about it, though something less familiar to her she'd have to think about it. She's had to present findings or attend conferences in the past to be a comfortable-enough speaker.
7. Is she eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
Typically eloquent. On Adrienne's worse days thinking isn't the easiest or what she wants to do so her conversations suffer, shorter answers, less communication and even her word choices can be blunter or harsher.