Stargate Languages (was: Con-Names of Plan
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul.bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 20, 2002, 10:43 |
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On 19 Sep 2002 at 15:38, Davis, Iain E. wrote:
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> > Talking about 'Earth', does anyone happen to know why on the
> > Stargate TV show all the aliens refer to Earthlings (as a
> > collective) as "the /ta:ri:/"?
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It's closer to /tOu r\ei/ IMO, and it means "People of Ra", Ra (or Re) being the Goa'uld
who ruled the planet Abydos (and formerly Earth, too) in the Stargate movie.
The Tokra were originally /to:k r\A/ (or thereabouts) which was once claimed to mean
"Opponents of Ra", but I'm not sure if that ever stuck.
SG1 is one of the few shows I'm a complete nerd about. Somewhere, I have a Goa'uld /
English dictionary and phrasebook that I had been monkeying together, but I think I may
have lost it over the years.
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Pb