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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 19, 2014 at 10:41 am
I recall an episode of Waiting For God where Diana reported the manager of her retirement community as a 'Corgi Hater' just prior to a royal visit, which caused him a visit from the British equivalent of the Secret Service.
While extremely funny (Diana Trent is one of the best characters ever!!!) I thought it a bit much to pull the royals into the plot for a laugh.
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 19, 2014 at 11:09 am
(July 19, 2014 at 10:02 am)LostLocke Wrote: No no. The biggest difference is that you guys insist on adding a 'u' where it's not needed.
We never 'added' anything. The language was ours to begin with, it's your lot that have taken out letters for no apparent reason.
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 19, 2014 at 11:54 am
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(July 19, 2014 at 10:41 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Diana Trent is one of the best characters ever!!!
A quick YouTube quote I want so badly for this forum sometimes is one where Diana says one of the best lines I've ever heard from a skeptic examining a Christian argument:
"Jane, did I just black out for 20 minutes while you explained your logic?"
(July 19, 2014 at 11:09 am)Napoléon Wrote: We never 'added' anything. The language was ours to begin with, it's your lot that have taken out letters for no apparent reason.
Oh please, you guys didn't invent the English language. You cobbled it together from elements of all the other languages you viciously mugged and hacked apart.
That language you guys created is like a Tim Burton monster with bits and pieces sown on from here and there. I mean, really, how many innocent languages were murdered and mangled to create this polyglot tongue? By my count, Latin, Celtic, French, German, Norwegian and Greek were all pilfered along with God-only-knows how many others.
No wonder we speak such a fucked up language. I pity any foreigner who must surely pull their hair out trying to make head or tail out of spelling and grammar rules.
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 19, 2014 at 1:10 pm
(July 19, 2014 at 9:39 am)Napoléon Wrote: I also wouldn't feel too sorry for Karl, he's probably in on every single joke. He's also obviously more clever than his TV persona would indicate as he used to be the producer of Ricky's radio show XFM. They really are good mates, it's not a beatdown of a crippled guy.
Oh, I wouldn't say Karl's putting on a character for the media.  I'd say he's a relatively smart guy with some good insight, who is absolutely terrible at expressing himself properly, which is troublesome for him because of his intensely literal mind that doesn't do empathy well.
He's not stupid- I've been binge watching the Ricky Gervais Show recently - but he does have a collection of personality traits that makes him say hilarious things, which is only aided by the Ricky Gervais/Steven Merchant dynamic.
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 19, 2014 at 3:43 pm
(July 19, 2014 at 11:54 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Oh please, you guys didn't invent the English language. You cobbled it together from elements of all the other languages you viciously mugged and hacked apart.
Tell me, what modern language didn't come about in such a way?
And English was spoken by the English first. As a language. Not by Americans. Get over it.
(July 19, 2014 at 1:10 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Oh, I wouldn't say Karl's putting on a character for the media.
I wasn't necessarily insinuating that, I was just saying he's a lot smarter than most people give him credit for.
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 19, 2014 at 5:48 pm
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(July 19, 2014 at 3:43 pm)Napoléon Wrote: Tell me, what modern language didn't come about in such a way? True but the English language is especially polyglot in nature, having not just one or two roots but many. In fact, I'm not even sure if English is classified as a Latin/Romance language or a Germanic language or perhaps Celtic?
So it's much worse than normal languages. Going Tu Quoque won't help us. 
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Quote:And English was spoken by the English first. As a language. Not by Americans. Get over it.
Oh, trust me, I'm happy to give you guys the credit for this fucked up language we speak. It's YOUR fault.
(July 19, 2014 at 10:41 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Diana Trent is one of the best characters ever!!!
Oh, incidentally, my wife has predicted that the Diana and Tom characters are going to be the two of us in our old age.
That should tell you something about both of us.
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 20, 2014 at 2:08 pm
(July 19, 2014 at 10:02 am)LostLocke Wrote: No no. The biggest difference is that you guys insist on adding a 'u' where it's not needed.
Now, hand over your tea and God save the Queen. 
Don't you mean "Qeen"?
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 20, 2014 at 11:21 pm
(July 19, 2014 at 11:09 am)Napoléon Wrote: (July 19, 2014 at 10:02 am)LostLocke Wrote: No no. The biggest difference is that you guys insist on adding a 'u' where it's not needed.
We never 'added' anything. The language was ours to begin with, it's your lot that have taken out letters for no apparent reason. Bah, it's just part of the natural evolution of language.
Like, for example:
I doth posseseth honour
to,
I have honor
to,
i can haz onur
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 20, 2014 at 11:26 pm
Actually, the original sentence would more correctly be:
I dost possess honour.
"Doth possesseth" would raise as many eyebrows in the sixteenth century as it does today and for much the same reason (i.e. it's gibberish).
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RE: Ricky Gervais
July 21, 2014 at 12:34 am
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When I was doing Greek at school 30 years ago, the Greek alphabet had:
3x different "i" 's
2x different "o" 's
2x different "s" 's
4x different accents on top of the letters!
Made no sense even then. I think they've simplified it since.
When I married my "Aussie" partner, she asked me to teach her Greek so she could communicate with my parents better.
I told her "forget it" and explained why.
And that's only the written, the spoken is just as tricky.
You can't really speak like a wog unless you are one...
Most non Anglos know what I'm talking about.
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