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What will Thomas learn from the British Prisoner?
Mira:
What can he learn? Patience...
Conspiracy Theorist:
British swearing.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on July 28, 2020, 10:28:24 AM ---British swearing.
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"Oh piss off.." "Bugger off..." Not sure if one hears more watching James Bond or Masterpiece Theater? ::)
Conspiracy Theorist:
It’s being able to do it properly, Anthony Head tutored James Marsters on exactly this point for Buffy.
Jim may have written that scene to get Marsters to reprise Spike on the Audiobook. Because he can.
Thomas is going to come out with a brilliant Spike impersonation.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on July 28, 2020, 04:04:54 AM ---The various nightmares imprisoned under Demonreach mostly speak to Harry in English, or at least Harry thinks they do. Seeing as how many of them have been imprisoned longer than modern English has been in existence, this suggests their communication is either translated by Demonreach or the magic used to build the prison translates it or there is some kind direct mind to mind communication going on and what Harry thinks he hears is his mind's interpretation of what they're saying. Therefore the British prisoner's use of modern vernacular might be irrelevant.
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I would agree with that except for how it is done. The prisoner makes a conscious effort to reproduce the vernacular "Piss off." That wouldn't appear to be auto translation.
There is some subtle hints otherwise in the books. Molly is wandering Russia recruiting. Does everybody that she deals with speak English or is she speaking Russian? Or are the recruits doing a Toot Toot? Just out of nowhere in the books Jim introduces a random idea that magical beings have linguistic intellectus.
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