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(...) Actually, IMO its easier to communicate that way than for one person to switch over entirely. I understand Flemish (Dutch) and Spanish much better than I can speak them, so if the person I'm talking to speaks English well enough, I may very (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Shiri is right. Here in Canada we are a bilingual country (well, really only parts are). My skills in speaking in french have only really developed in the last few years but my understanding has always been strong. I remember in high school (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ***snip*** (...) Ahh, so with all of the suns in the universe, time travel is only possible by going around the Earth's Sun ;) As beat up as the MF is I thing that Klingon Bird of Prey was in worse shape. Matt (who likes most things sci-fi and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) My fault--I'm the one who steered it off course, of course. Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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Folks, This is turning into a non-SW debate. I have cross-posted it to re-direct it. Scott S. -- (...) Wars (...) Bell (...) standard!? (...) the (...) be (...) why (...) on a (...) the (...) name, (...) ridiculous (...) true). (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No problem, If you want to learn more heres a link to an artical on the contriversy. (URL) Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations at: (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I always marvel when I see that happen--I hate to seem like a rube, but that sort of mental gear-shifting stuns me! Dave! (who speaks enough Spanish to say "I don't speak Spanish!) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) stereotypical (...) Eh, if I can butt in here... There have been complaints over Dinky (let's use the poor little guy's name, here), but they have been rebuffed not only by Taco Bell but by the NAALP (National Association for the Advancement (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Has no one ever heard of a bow? Chewie bends over a bit, the princess stretches, and the medal is bestowed. Oh, well. The scene more-or-less worked the way it was intended. Lucas never did understand the dynamics of the little group of (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) True. From personal experience, people in real-life prefer to talk in their native toungue if they know that the person will understand them. I've seen lots of families in which the parents constantly speak to their kids in one language, and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) In fact, I *had* missed that, but I'm glad to hear it. Thanks for enlightening me! Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I think you must have missed but that dog has been roundly critisized by the Mexican American community. They have repeatedly asked for the adds to be pulled and Taco Bell keeps coming back with some other lame excuse as to why the dog is not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I think it's actually about $50, if it's the one I saw over the weekend. Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Besides which, the whole issue depends on suspension of disbelief (see, Greg--that's how it works!) Obviously aliens wouldn't speak English, but are you really interested in watching a show in which 58 minutes of each episode are devoted to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I read that the Nemoidians were criticized for sounding too "middle eastern," which I didn't perceive at all. From the first time I heard JarJar, though, I couldn't help seeing decades-old stereotypes of the finest step-and- (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'd like to speak with your teacher, because that's not what suspension of disbelief is about at all. Suspension of disbelief entails an overlooking of improbable or impossible elements of a story so that, incorporating those elements, the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You may not have offended him, but you've managed to get me miffed. I happen to be a fan of both Star Wars *and* Babylon 5, and I don't see how the two are mutually exclusive. eric (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Perhaps for some reason Chewbacca declined a medal? If he felt that he was merely performing part of his life-debt to Han, for example, he might well have said "no thanks" to receiving an award. eric (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I know that story. I understood that, seen in the context of the time the series where originaly broadcasted, her role still had a considerabe positive impact. Or did someone just made that story up afterwards ? [snip] (...) Please notify me (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) hmmm... and how many movies have you directed? Quit calling the kettle black until you become a pan... or something like that... :) When you make your millions from an excellent series of sci fi movies come back and we'll talk. Otherwise, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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