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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:11:41 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Shiri Dori writes:
> 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?
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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 the kids reply in another; it's not unusual in billingual
> families.
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!)
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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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| (...) 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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