He shouldn't laugh, but he did, giving Mirage's right knee a knock with his elbow, but he had to quiet himself before he got to say anything as Mirage continued, and he wanted to hear it.
Even if he probably... yeah. Cliffjumper managed to not snort, but ended up grimacing. At least Mirage couldn't see that. It did rub him the wrong way, that pompous, arrogant inflection... But the rest of it, the way Mirage spoke and his voice shifted, not just in a subtle way in tone but also in cadence, seemed to just fit him far better than the more straightforward Common.
Not that Iaconian didn't have nobles, or poetry, or pompous windbags and everything, but Towers-dialect was... well, it's own thing, and it was no more clear than right then.
"... Pretty." Pause. "In a stuck-up, prissy noble sort of way," Cliffjumper quickly added, ducking his helm to hide his blush at letting his first, (mostly) unfiltered opinion slip out.
"And ya know, I'm pretty sure the mess the Neutral Territories made of the language is far worse than Kaonite. And there ain't nothing wrong with Polyhexian," Cliffjumper said with a huff, defending his native dialect, though not particularly seriously.
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Date: 2014-07-26 11:48 pm (UTC)Even if he probably... yeah. Cliffjumper managed to not snort, but ended up grimacing. At least Mirage couldn't see that. It did rub him the wrong way, that pompous, arrogant inflection... But the rest of it, the way Mirage spoke and his voice shifted, not just in a subtle way in tone but also in cadence, seemed to just fit him far better than the more straightforward Common.
Not that Iaconian didn't have nobles, or poetry, or pompous windbags and everything, but Towers-dialect was... well, it's own thing, and it was no more clear than right then.
"... Pretty." Pause. "In a stuck-up, prissy noble sort of way," Cliffjumper quickly added, ducking his helm to hide his blush at letting his first, (mostly) unfiltered opinion slip out.
"And ya know, I'm pretty sure the mess the Neutral Territories made of the language is far worse than Kaonite. And there ain't nothing wrong with Polyhexian," Cliffjumper said with a huff, defending his native dialect, though not particularly seriously.