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This isn't so bad. The question is how do the main characters (e.g. Atlantis team) speak to other races (e.g. Anothosians) without needing a translator?
Or perhaps they all just speak ancient, and it's the tv set that translates that into english?
(The "all speak ancient" bit probably isn't too far off actually, since a) Dr Weir was able to speak to the actual ancients in Atlantis 10,000 years ago w/o any difficulties and b) the Wraith use a variant of Ancient in writing, so why not speaking and c) thanks to the active use of the Stargate by the natives people the language would change very very very slowly.)
Combine that with the special DHD at the Atlantis stargate, and maybe you have a special stargate that changes everyone's tongue to Ancient when they come thru ... but then it doesn't explain the Daedelus and their crew members. Hmm.
How do we know that it doesn't sound like English? I'm confused.
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20 Dec 2005, 2:57 pm
And its a good question to
A few reesons. When Aurubesh script is translated into the Latin alphabet, it the words that come out are rarely anything like English. The names - have you ever met anyone called Obi-Wan, for example?
Theres other reesons to but I cant think of them rite now.
Actually, I think Basics probably closer to Japanese than it is to English, I no for a fact that Dooku is Japanese for poison...
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And its a good question to
All the answers I've seen don't do a vey good job though, simply because it's been totally avoided in cannon. (The main characters aren't even suprised that they can communicate!! !) Sheesh.
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22 Dec 2005, 5:41 pm
Or why they're either Canadian or previously seen or either MacGyver or Star Trek.
Actually I believe the official anwser to your question is "They're (the fans, that is) not suppose to notice that." LOL. Of course, this is a show that doesn't take itself that seriously, which is why it's a fabulous show.
22 Dec 2005, 7:56 pm
When does this start *omits all stargate episodes not including him* ... he's like half the show! *is distraught*I know, it just isnt the same without macguyver
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03 Dec 2006, 5:44 am
I dont have the Scifi Channel either, we have Stargate on Sky 1 and Channel 4 here (I watch it on Sky 1 cos it means I get it a year earlier than Channel 4 lol). And... its in the 10th season now 0.o dya mean 11th season? Yeh I heard about that. No reason it has to stop there though just cos a particular channel wont have it anymore.
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