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Originally posted by Infinite-PossibilitiesView Post
You ever notice that Wraith apparently have their own language but we've never actually heard them speak it? (Have we?) So if they were naming towns shouldn't at least they be written in Wraith language?
Unless we actually have heard them talk, and its infact all the grunts they often do.
So if they named a town it would be called like, "Aaaaaaaeeergh" or somesuch.
There are two possibilities I can think of: One) if we take a cue from what Mallozzi has said, everyone who steps through the stargate has his/her language automatically translated. Thus everyone speaks a native tongue, but is understood by everyone. Two) they've lost how to speak a native wraith language because they speak telepathically. So, all they're doing when we hear them talk is using a trade language--like a pigeon Pegasus (ha ha ha!)
The language theory is one of the strongest arguments for the wraith's original human origin. Any written language is an unnatural phenomenon of society. In other words, it's a technology adapted to get us by. Because of wraith text being a derivative of Ancient, wraith would only have been able to get it from Ancient colonizers, or were ancients themselves fed on by bugsie wugses and voila les Wraith.
What if their actual language sounds like clicks and whistles like the Sally Struthers episode from South Park?
WK
"Ask NOT what you can do for your country...askWHAT'S FOR LUNCH?" O. Wells
That would be not what's for lunch but WHO'S for lunch???????
Ha Ha Ha! This black bear is sittin' at the table waiting for lunch. Apparently they rarely attack humans, and there's a video on YouTube where a cat jumps out of the bushes and chases one away. It's so funny.
He's rapping his paws on the picnic table: "So-chs, Wha-chs fer lun-chs?"
WK
"Ask NOT what you can do for your country...askWHAT'S FOR LUNCH?" O. Wells
Some of the Wraith liked the idea of being in movies.
Neo in The Matrix
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Boris in Jurassic Park
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Dave in Tombstone
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Gordon in Moulin Rouge
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Fred in A Nightmare On Elm Street.
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I love them!! Especially the Moulin Rouge one, oh and the Jurassic Park! Hilarious! Have you ever seen the film Amelie? The protagonist takes her father's garden gnome to various countries and takes photos of them next to the Eiffel Tower, the leaning Tower etc. This is what these pictures remind me a bit of.
WK
"Ask NOT what you can do for your country...askWHAT'S FOR LUNCH?" O. Wells
Have you ever seen the film Amelie? The protagonist takes her father's garden gnome to various countries and takes photos of them next to the Eiffel Tower, the leaning Tower etc. This is what these pictures remind me a bit of.
I haven't seen it but I know what you mean here. Wraith are more fun than garden gnomes, though. Here's Mina at the Eiffel Tower.
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Originally posted by Wraith Cake
You should put them into a virtual photo album of our favourite wraith. I love these, they're hilarious.
I'm not quite sure what you mean here. I've got a Photobucket album now. The site also has an option to create a scrapbook but I haven't looked at it yet.
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