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Re: CHAT: I saw it! I saw it! I saw it!

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 9, 1999, 15:00
Tom Wier wrote:

> > At the risk of getting my head chopped off, I opine that the makers of > > Yoda don't have a clue about what they're doing linguistically, and that > > inconsistencies are not to be wondered at. <Yikes! Duck!!> > > Oh, sure, I agree with that. For all their other preparation, they don't > seem to have gotten a good language consultant like the Star Trek movies > did. I was only speculating about the concultural reality, not the real > reality. :)
Oh I know... considering what it is we do, this is just natural. But the evil critic in me emerged (I liked the special effects of the movie and found everything else about it--except for some of the aliens--fairly wooden). Sally (still ducking!)