> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Bennett [mailto:paul.bennett@STARBAND.NET]
> Sent: Friday, 2002 September 20 12:15
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CONLANG] Stargate Languages (was: Con-Names of Plan
> > determining what sounds are which from just
> > hearing it. :)
>
> It doesn't help that the actors don't seem to be
> given any phonetic training on how to read the
> language they're apparently speaking. Closed
> Captions are the friend of the amateur
> TV-language-degrungifier, although sometimes they too are a
> bit random and tend to become "(speaking alien language)"
> when the really good bits are on. The captions on the DVDs (when I get
> them) will likely be even more invaluable. At
> least, I hope so.
I'll take a look tonight and let you know. I have both 1st and 2nd
season now on DVD. :)
> Another minor annoyance is that the writers seem
> to borrow indescriminatly from all sorts of
> classical and ancient languages when coming up
> with Goa'uld dialog, and then hide
> inconsistencies under the phrase "it's a
> different dialect", which is a huge cop-out IMO.
Probably is...but then we don't have to come up with those episodes on
their timetable, either. :)