Comments on: Culture

By: Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

Digidestined of Trust (Tim) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:37:08 +0000

I thought the opposite. When we went to Quebec, I thought that everyone spoke French, haha! Yeah, I was wrong. Also the first time we went to a silent dinner for the St. Rita’s School of the Deaf, I thought that the employees at the mall were deaf too

By: Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

Digidestined of Trust (Tim) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:34:17 +0000

Actually, when I dream about talking to one of the Spanish guys I work with, I speak almost perfect Spanish. I think it’s because I’ve heard the words so much that even though I don’t understand all of it, it’s been unlocked to me during my dream. Then when I wake up, I tend to forget it.

I’m pretty fluent now though and will be learning Japanese soon.

By: Doctor_Who

Doctor_Who — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:18:17 +0000

I had no problem with that, but I was shocked when a bilingual friend of mine told me the thought and dreamed in Spanish.

Even I could speak fluent Spanish in his dreams. That blew me mind.

By: dragoonchris

dragoonchris — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:12:00 +0000

That kid seriously tells how silly American Otakus are.

You can tell Willis is an EVA fan because the two Asians dress like Shinji and Asuka.

By: David Willis

David Willis — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:53:39 +0000

It’s a bearded dude wearing a Dragonball hair hat. You can see his real hair under it.

By: Brandistock

Brandistock — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:40:43 +0000

The Caucasian guy in panel 3 looks suspiciously like Largo from the dreaded, degraded self-abasement shojo strip, Megatokyo. Am I the only one who sees this?

By: yairm210

yairm210 — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:32:18 +0000

Um, not really. In “The masque of Mandragora” the Doctor tells Sarah that understanding languages is a time lord gift (and way, way later they change the story to “Tardis telepathic field” or somesuch nonsense. Bah!). The point is, it doesn’t translate, it just makes it understandable.
The question is, if you are multilingual, do you hear it in a specific language or does the concept translate to all languages simultaneously? After all it’s the Concept you’re understanding and your mind just translates it into words.
To quote Mel Brooks, “We do not even have a language! All we have is this stupid acc-aunt!”

By: Rognik

Rognik — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:02:41 +0000

Unless you start speaking the words of that langauge. Then is somehow translates the reverse.

By: BD

BD — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:44:09 +0000

Stupid TARDIS translation system, always making the world understandable…

By: Cormac

Cormac — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:27:19 +0000

Want to really mess with a kid’s mind?
Tell him, in his own language, that you think in your native language…watch his eyes go crossed.