#I'm delighted that I'm the first person you think of when you think of monsuno ^-^

[silver-chasm]

Hey, I'm in the process of writting a fic and I have a quick question here for the monsuno fandom before I go insane:

Where the hell does Dax's lingo come from and Where I can find a reference

Like, Dax's type of speech is almost iconic, there's no other character in the series that talks like he does, is basically a 'Me privilege' at this point and I fk love it bc this little son of a muffin has such swag and personality (As far as personality goes in the series, lol) and I'm sitting in front of my drafts getting psychic damage when I get to his dialogues because it's hit on one line and then miss it on the next three when I'm trying to replicate how he talks!!! TTwTT

Save meeeee

Full disclosure: it has been, like, a year since I last sat down and watched the show. I may not remember fine details

From what I remember, Dax has the weirdest combination of Cockney English and Australian accent that I've ever heard. The stranger part is that Keith Silverstein can, in fact, do a decent Cockney English accent (he voiced Speedwagon in the English dub of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Apart from that, I think Dax spoke in a relatively casual way. He's prone to giving nicknames to others or shortening names (the only example that's currently coming to me is him calling Dr Suno "Doc")

He also calls people "bandito". This is an Italina loanword that means "bandit". It seems to be slang from Central America and Mexico. So, someone from England or Australia wouldn't typically use the word. Strangely, it doesn't feel jarring to hear him say it

He also has a habit of saying "bleazers" and "bleazing heck", as exclamations of surprise. These are non-swears acting as swear words. The show does this quite a bit with "crag" (as its substitute f-word). "Bleazing heck" reminds me of "bloody hell", which is an exclamation that crops up a lot in both British and Australian English. "Bleazers" is not a word I've ever heard outside of this show but the way Dax uses it reminds me of how I might swear when I'm surprised (often an emphatic f-word, I am Australian)

So, from what I remember, Dax has a rather eclectic vocabulary. It's a mishmash of Cockney/Australian with a sprinkling of Central American/Mexican and non-swears

I hope this helps in some way

If someone remembers him better, please please please add to this