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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:53:52 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes:
> As for subtitles, those are there for the viewers, obviously--I've always
> perceived that some people in the Star Wars universe speak several languages
> and simply prefer to communicate in their own; Han understands Greedo, Greedo
> understands Han, so why bother speaking another language?
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 the kids reply in another; it's not unusual in billingual
families. I suppose that the SW-characters know that the other creatures
understand their language.
-Shiri
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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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| (...) 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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