The Strange History of Deanna Troi's Accent
Merriam-Webster defines an accent as "a way of speaking typical of a particular group of people and especially of the natives or residents of a region". It's hard to estimate but some LingoHut says there are160 distinct English dialects throughout the world. That's just English. How many accents are there in the 6,500 spoken languages? There are a ton of fictional alien languages too and the most notable is Klingon. An alien race that doesn't have a spoken language is Betazed. Betazoids are a telepathic civilization that can read minds, so they don't need a language. But some learned English and one very famous Betazoid is counselor Deanna Troi of the USS Enterprise-D . She's played by the British-Greek actress Marina Sirtis. During her run on Star Trek: The Next Generation she used a very unique and exotic-sounding accent. But no one else, in the history of Star Trek , has the same accent. For decades fans have been confused Why does Deanna Troi have an...