Psyke Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 It's a bit like Sean Connery doing an accent. Wherever he's supposed to be from, he sounds the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcant Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 and if Mavericks been teaching them english they'll all have Geordie accents by now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderbear Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Actually, English IS spoken throughout the universe. Maverick and I have been on a 67 year mission to bring English (and also pig-latin) to every nook and cranny. We are now on year 1.5 Can you hurry up and bring it to the Whitehouse?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektram Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Would've been a better reason if they did something like in Dr. Who: "They all speak English!" - Rose "Something something you're just hearing English something something TARDIS does it domething something." - Doctor But as most people have said they just did it to save time and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulreaper Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 At least it isn't ENGRISH! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Ah yes, the explanation in the new Dr. Who was quite hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcant Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Actually, English IS spoken throughout the universe. Maverick and I have been on a 67 year mission to bring English (and also pig-latin) to every nook and cranny. We are now on year 1.5 Can you hurry up and bring it to the Whitehouse?!? It wouldn't work, it's full of politicians, they all talk crap fluently, but thats their linguistic limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exterus Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 There's no sensible explanation for this that doesn't seem forced. The truth is that, like someone said, it makes things easier and cheaper in the real world to ignore details like this. In Star Trek they had the forethought to make up an excuse for this, ie the universal translator. It's the same in Farscape and their translator microbes. Stargate on the other hand just ignores it. It doesn't bother me much, honestly. It would be nice to have some more attention to details, but what the hell, it's still an entertaining show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnot Borg Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Seems to me, the writers should have included something about how the Ancient's technology would apply a local language to any gate traveler's mind if the equipment was working perfectly. Although, the Ancient's were so smart they might not have needed translators. Or, the only places Ancient's would go spoke the same language and it only became a problem after they were gone and the newer races started using the gates. Whatever, it's still a great series based on a fantastic movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Other than the prison world SG-1 gets sent too, isn't it a little funny that out of all these worlds that the Stargate gets used on people never attempt to touch the "wave of water" the wormhole spits out when it's first connected? Certainly some villiage idiot has tried...only to lose a hand or fingers. Course he then screamed in english and such cause no one really speaks Egyptian or other dead languages offworld anymore ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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