THOERY: Re: Star Wars Nomenclature

On 22 Jun 99, at 20:25, Andrew Smith wrote:

> I do get out more often!  I went and saw Phantom Menace this weekend.  Did
> anybody notice that the young Greebo alien did not use ejectives, unlike
> the adult alien in Star Wars IV.
I postulate twin languages, like the Male/Female or Class
distinction languages used elsewhere.  This however (I forget the
name of the race) could be based on an adult/juvenile distinction?
Perhaps the juvenile form is due to incompletely developed vocal
equipment?

Unfortunately, the film doesn't open in England for a while (because
it really _does_ take all those weeks to ship a few boxes of film
across the atlantic, honest!) so I haven't had a chance to compare
the language use in other ways.  I s'pose I could pick it up on a
dodgy DVD for a few pounds, but that just wouldn't be right...

I missed a lot of the discussion on Huttese.  Out of interest, is that
language consistent between films?  I haven't even really analysed
the difference between Ep.4 and Ep.6 Huttese yet... <sheepish G>

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Pb