Whilst pondering upon the speech of the Ancients, I noticed a few things that were odd.
Allegedly, Latin is a derivative of Ancient. Id est, it came afterward.
Now, some of the Ancient we've heard sounds very contradictory to this established 'fact.' For example, the Ancient word for 'ability' is apparantly 'filatus.' The Latin word is 'faculatus.'
The Latin word is more complex, suggesting that it's the older word. 'Filatus' sounds eroded.
And let's take a look at 'quindosum.' (Not sure about that spelling.) I'm guessing the writers took it from the Latin words 'quint' and 'decima.' ('Five' and 'ten,' respectively.) It's possible that the word had simply eroded down to 'quindosum' on that particular planet over time, but Stargate seems terribly poor about factoring linguistic erosion and evolution. (Although with everyone in the Pegasus using the Stargate network fairly frequently, it's a lot more plausible for everyone to be able to understand each other.)
Any thoughts on this?
Allegedly, Latin is a derivative of Ancient. Id est, it came afterward.
Now, some of the Ancient we've heard sounds very contradictory to this established 'fact.' For example, the Ancient word for 'ability' is apparantly 'filatus.' The Latin word is 'faculatus.'
The Latin word is more complex, suggesting that it's the older word. 'Filatus' sounds eroded.
And let's take a look at 'quindosum.' (Not sure about that spelling.) I'm guessing the writers took it from the Latin words 'quint' and 'decima.' ('Five' and 'ten,' respectively.) It's possible that the word had simply eroded down to 'quindosum' on that particular planet over time, but Stargate seems terribly poor about factoring linguistic erosion and evolution. (Although with everyone in the Pegasus using the Stargate network fairly frequently, it's a lot more plausible for everyone to be able to understand each other.)
Any thoughts on this?
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