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[Memnon]

Maybe as a marine, Kal has a fondness for watching Earth military movies; or he trained with some human marines; or he fought alongside some human marines. It is not hard to come up with a plausible reason to why he says 'hoorah.' I don't see how this is even remotely an issue ...

[crimzontearz]

Busomjack wrote...

Daewan wrote...

So, wait, people from other cultures aren't allowed to co-opt words and phrases from ours? Crap, we better give back all those English loan-words. Everyone should adopt the French model, and have an official list of words and phrases and how to use them, and anyone who doesn't use them correctly should be punished. Heavens forbid that some alien, or foreigner, or whatever try to flatter aspects of our culture by integrating parts of it into their own speech patterns or behavior! How dare they!
Tell me, OP, do you actually read any of the crazy stuff that comes out of your fingers before you hit send?

The reason why we have words borrowed from French is because English and French are related having both descended from Latin.

Why in the Hell would the Quarian language share anything in common with English?

uhm....no, English is an anglosaxon language and French is a Neolatin language....only french is Latin derived in this case, English is not. Common words are the result of cultural influence and of course the reminders of the Roman domination.......still English did not descend from latin

[Noilly Prat]

Hmm. I didn't take that long during the fight when Reegar died, but I tend to play slowly in general (I took over sixty hours finishing the game while doing everything). My first impression was that he always dies if you let him join the fight, but I'll have to try this differently on my next playthrough.

[Busomjack]

crimzontearz wrote...

Busomjack wrote...

Daewan wrote...

So, wait, people from other cultures aren't allowed to co-opt words and phrases from ours? Crap, we better give back all those English loan-words. Everyone should adopt the French model, and have an official list of words and phrases and how to use them, and anyone who doesn't use them correctly should be punished. Heavens forbid that some alien, or foreigner, or whatever try to flatter aspects of our culture by integrating parts of it into their own speech patterns or behavior! How dare they!
Tell me, OP, do you actually read any of the crazy stuff that comes out of your fingers before you hit send?

The reason why we have words borrowed from French is because English and French are related having both descended from Latin.

Why in the Hell would the Quarian language share anything in common with English?

uhm....no, English is an anglosaxon language and French is a Neolatin language....only french is Latin derived in this case, English is not. Common words are the result of cultural influence and of course the reminders of the Roman domination.......still English did not descend from latin

It didn't descend directly but it did have some influence from Latin like most European languages.  Britain was part of the Roman Empire afterall.
Almost every Indo-European language has had some influence from Latin even if it did not directtly descend from it like French, Spanish, Portuguese and other Romance languages did.

[Nostradamoose]

Busomjack wrote...

crimzontearz wrote...

Busomjack wrote...

Daewan wrote... So, wait, people from other cultures aren't allowed to co-opt words and phrases from ours? Crap, we better give back all those English loan-words. Everyone should adopt the French model, and have an official list of words and phrases and how to use them, and anyone who doesn't use them correctly should be punished. Heavens forbid that some alien, or foreigner, or whatever try to flatter aspects of our culture by integrating parts of it into their own speech patterns or behavior! How dare they! Tell me, OP, do you actually read any of the crazy stuff that comes out of your fingers before you hit send?

The reason why we have words borrowed from French is because English and French are related having both descended from Latin. Why in the Hell would the Quarian language share anything in common with English?

uhm....no, English is an anglosaxon language and French is a Neolatin language....only french is Latin derived in this case, English is not. Common words are the result of cultural influence and of course the reminders of the Roman domination.......still English did not descend from latin

It didn't descend directly but it did have some influence from Latin like most European languages.  Britain was part of the Roman Empire afterall. Almost every Indo-European language has had some influence from Latin even if it did not directtly descend from it like French, Spanish, Portuguese and other Romance languages did.

Actually most of the french words in the english language come back from William the Conqueror when he imposed French in the English administration. That's why you got words like recommendation, mask, celebrity, etc.

Modifié par Nostradamoose, 02 mars 2010 - 11:02 .

[Sacae]

Didn't read the whole thread, so sorry if this has been said.

Not all quarins have european accents. I noted at least three guys that sounded like slightly wimpy american male teenager and one chick - at least. Different ships give different accents is not a bad plot device, its life. Have a new yorker, a southern, and a mid-western together to test this out.

Also, we don't run into many hard-core army buffs like Kal was. Tali is a techie, most are sciencist are low ranked fighters. Normal kid = wimpy teenager male. Kal = a har-core fighter, most likely low-class, from a different ship.

Its not that big of a push, it seemed logical to me. I liked him and kind of wish we got more of him.

Also, yea, the US jargon....not a big deal compared to other breaks in logcial we see in ME. *finger quotes*

[TheLostGenius]

 Actually I though Kal Reegar had a lot of personality. He was a simple enough character. Martin Sheen kinda stands above the rest, making Sheperd sound amateurish in comparison.

[InvaderErl]

The Angry One wrote...

Adam Baldwin for ManShep.

I'm still holding hope for Ben Browder.