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John 1:17:
why would they speak english? Anglish as it was called back then was a barbarian tounge. No self respecting Roman would speak it.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: John 1:17 on November 21, 2009, 10:52:43 PM ---why would they speak english? Anglish as it was called back then was a barbarian tounge. No self respecting Roman would speak it.
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Because everybody everywhere everywhen speaks English. The United Federation of Planets speaks English, and if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for everyone. :D
John 1:17:
Psh, thats only cause of some type of universal translator device. But as I have yet to see a Babel Fish in the series, (my personal favorite such device), I still hold that they do not speak English, Or latin. Personally I think they speak Aleran, a mongrel mix of Latin, French, German, Greek, and English. Because remember, these boys aren't from Rome per se.... they are just a Legion who got picked up and deposited in the back end of no where.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: John 1:17 on November 22, 2009, 08:00:21 PM ---Psh, thats only cause of some type of universal translator device. But as I have yet to see a Babel Fish in the series, (my personal favorite such device), I still hold that they do not speak English, Or latin. Personally I think they speak Aleran, a mongrel mix of Latin, French, German, Greek, and English. Because remember, these boys aren't from Rome per se.... they are just a Legion who got picked up and deposited in the back end of no where.
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Latin was the lingua franca of the legions anyway, for precisely that very reason - it was the one that all the soldiers actually DID have in common.
John 1:17:
they would still have their native tongues though, and those would bleed over into their current language. like how english has been tainted with other languages.
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