Elizabeth Weir/John Sheppard Appreciation/Ship/Discussion Thread

[Pocus]

Don't have much time to play, but they are sleeping....NOW. I do have time to read every day, but not post. As always good topics on here. Keeps my brain active.

[Varda]

Just like the North/South in the US. When I first married Mr. SR, I had to interpret a lot of conversations with my family in both directions. It's not just sounds of words, but actual words for things that differ. And even within the South, there are lots of regional dialects and accents. Then there are the New York/New Jersey accents vs. New England. And all that's just the East coast. Out west it's much the same.

I remember when SGA first aired, people were wondering where JF was from and trying to figure out his accent. A lot of fans heard a bit of Southern because he drawls. But those of us who are really Southern knew we were hearing a Western drawl with a bit of Surfer dude thrown in. And Torri has a slight Canadian lilt with those lovely round vowels.

And don't even get me started on the UK brand of English. It's just as complicated over there. I love Dr. Who, but I sometimes miss parts of dialogue through confusion.

Thank you for such a detailed explanation, all this is very interesting. I still know very little about peculiarity of English dialects, but it's never late to learn
There are several dialects in Russian, too, but they don't differ that much, even if the pronunciation seems strange or a word is unknown, it's still pretty easy to guess.
And in Chinese hieroglyphs make things easier... in a way. Even if speakers can't understand each other, they still can communicate through writing, that's a solution, as most differences are in pronunciation, not in grammar or vocabulary.
Just give you one example: a name of the airport in Hong Kong is read as Chi Lie Jiao in standard Chinese (putonghua), and as Chek Lap Kok in local Cantonese dialect. But the hieroglyphs are all the same

Good morning Sparkies!! Just popping in to say Hello!

Hello! Nice to meet you

[Pocus]

Nice to meet you too Varda! Not here much, but I stop by occasionally.

[Falcon Horus]

Don't have much time to play, but they are sleeping....NOW. I do have time to read every day, but not post. As always good topics on here. Keeps my brain active.

Why do I have this feeling that the moment you hit the reply button, Jr. 1.0 & Jr. 2.0 wake up and demand attention from the parental unit.

[gateraid]

So many possibilities from just the one shot:






Weir: I like my coffee like my Lt Colonels - on my lips

--/--


Weir: You know what they say about putting sugar in your cofffee?

Sheppard: *shrugs* no idea

Weir: A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

Sheppard: They say the same about me too


--/--

Sheppard: Ya know, that coffee is remarkably similar to simon

Weir: Tepid?

Sheppard: Finished in under a minute


--/--


Sheppard: Ya know, that coffee is a lot like simon

Weir: Go on

Sheppard: It's a prop that you used until i came along


--/--

Weir: I like my coffee like my military commanders

Sheppard: Strong? Hot?

Weir: Inside me

[Lt.Colonel John Sheppard]

those lines are SO cheesy.

[Falcon Horus]

Damn, I couldn't green you gateraid!! These are brilliant!

[Scary Kitty]

OMG. gateraid, you are STILL the master!

Actually, you're the only ones who don't.

*hair flip*

Don't have much time to play, but they are sleeping....NOW. I do have time to read every day, but not post. As always good topics on here. Keeps my brain active.

Pocus! Good to see you, hope the little ones aren't giving you too much trouble, LOL! *hugs you*

[Southern Red]

So many possibilities from just the one shot:

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l495/gateraid/s320x240.jpg




Weir: I like my coffee like my Lt Colonels - on my lips

--/--


Weir: You know what they say about putting sugar in your cofffee?

Sheppard: *shrugs* no idea

Weir: A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

Sheppard: They say the same about me too


--/--

Sheppard: Ya know, that coffee is remarkably similar to simon

Weir: Tepid?

Sheppard: Finished in under a minute


--/--


Sheppard: Ya know, that coffee is a lot like simon

Weir: Go on

Sheppard: It's a prop that you used until i came along


--/--

Weir: I like my coffee like my military commanders

Sheppard: Strong? Hot?

Weir: Inside me

I'm speechless, and it's not even smutty Tuesday. BTW, how does Sheppard know Simon is finished in under a minute?

*hair flip*

And when SK hair flips you, it could cause permanent injury. Ask her about her hair incident with Joe.

[Falcon Horus]

Oh hell, the upstairs neighbor is walking back and forth again... 8 steps in one direction, 8 steps back... over and over again... It's the middle of the night! *face!palm*

[Pocus]

FH that is exactly what happened. They actually wait until I open GW and then start fussing sometimes. *sigh* At least I can read with them on my lap. Love keeping my mind in fandom. Keeps me sane during the crying fits.

*pictures Sheppard up at 1 AM pacing with a baby in his arms and telling it all about Superheroes and movies*

[Falcon Horus]

Geek-babies for the win!

I have a friend who has the same problem as you do. The moment she sits down behind her laptop to check her mail, her little girl will start demanding attention.

[mandogater]

Oh, I see... Thank God, that things seem to get back to normal. I wish with all my heart everything will be okay.

Cinese in Firefly was quite interesting, yes.
When I was watching it... I understood written hieroglyphs and part of spoken language, but not everything; first of all, in most cases it was just different types of curses, which I didn't know (as never was interested in them very much ), and then, the pronunciation also was a bit far from standard, which also made recognizing harder.
Accents and dialects, btw, can be a problem in Chinese; sometimes eveb a native speaker from the North region can't understand southerner speaking, let alone foreigner.

Thanks for the well wishes, Varda!!

I actually just got back from having dinner with her and everything seems to be going good for her.

I remember watching a behind the scenes piece on Firefly and the actors and writers were talking about trying to learn the Chinese. They were also debating how bad it sounded to native speakers.

[mandogater]

Just like the North/South in the US. When I first married Mr. SR, I had to interpret a lot of conversations with my family in both directions. It's not just sounds of words, but actual words for things that differ. And even within the South, there are lots of regional dialects and accents. Then there are the New York/New Jersey accents vs. New England. And all that's just the East coast. Out west it's much the same.

I remember when SGA first aired, people were wondering where JF was from and trying to figure out his accent. A lot of fans heard a bit of Southern because he drawls. But those of us who are really Southern knew we were hearing a Western drawl with a bit of Surfer dude thrown in. And Torri has a slight Canadian lilt with those lovely round vowels.

And don't even get me started on the UK brand of English. It's just as complicated over there. I love Dr. Who, but I sometimes miss parts of dialogue through confusion.

It's even worse just here in Ohio. I grew up along the Ohio River. When we moved to Coshocton, which is in the central part of the state, in junior high people told me I had an accent. Maybe I crossed the river into West Virginia too much.

To make matters even worse I went to college in the north of the state and hung out with all the Englishmen on the soccer team. I'd come back home and curse with a Manchester accent.

[Pocus]

Geek-babies for the win!

I have a friend who has the same problem as you do. The moment she sits down behind her laptop to check her mail, her little girl will start demanding attention.

We are trying hard to make them geek babies!! Their baby room is done in dragons and knights and such for our Ren Faire love. Think Princess Bride fun!!!

Yup as soon as I hit enter on the last post, they went off demanding to be fed. Geez.....I did that once already today. *wink*

Mandogater hope all is well with your sister.