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We-elll they technically have "universal translators." They even talk about it in ST:VI when they're at the Klingon trial. ~Mark (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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In Battlestar Gallactica they use "Languatron" devices that actually allow you to hear spoken alien words (like our "real-world"[whatever that is] news interviews) followed by English (or whatever them children of the stars call it). That seems most (...) (24 years ago, 11-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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Exactly. It doesn't happen in my family much 'coz we're all better in hebrew, but my parents' friends' and their kids often switch languages, for example when the mom talks Hebrew to the kids (her native language) and the kids, who've lived in (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I was bilingual from the start so a few things happened. Spanish and English do not seem like separate languages to me. Instead it's like having two vocabulary sets. I think in either. Sometimes they mix but I usually speak whichever language is (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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