farkeruk: Is there a way to say "get a life"?

ne tìrey.

DemonEater: a fairly predictable Ferngully remake with prettier graphics?

I'd pitch it as "Dances with Wolves-IIIIIIN SPAAAAAAAAAACE!"

But I haven't seen it.

soze: Found a web-based translator.

awesome!

English: suck my fat cock
Translation: suck my fat cock

Is there a phrase for "HEY! LISTEN!"?

/joke shamelessly stolen from whoever posted it the first time Na'vi came up

THIS goes green? Seriously?

lightwell: I am going to make a fortune with my Na'vi To Klingon Translation dictionary.(

The biggest problem would be translating idiomatic concepts. In Klingon, you'd have problems finding words for "gratitude" or "affection". In Na'vi, you'd have problems finding words for "brassiere" or "innovative plot not relying on special effects to carry the movie".

DemonEater: So is this movie actually worth seeing?

I would say yes.
I think its more of chick flick than sci-fi but it is a good story told well.
If it shows up in 3d here, I'l watch it.

I also thought District 9 was a well written movie.

Tsar_Bomba1: lightwell:

/Seriously It sounds a lot like Cherokee.. I think I'll try it out
//ya I speak Cherokee, no point in it cept to save tradition
///only one of 9000 left :(

Not necessarily. We may have to fight the Japs again...

Wasn't that Navajo?

mamoru: Is there a phrase for "HEY! LISTEN!"?

/joke shamelessly stolen from whoever posted it the first time Na'vi came up

Came here for this (or to post this), leaving satisfied.

dervish16108: Navi?

Ocarina of Time, ftw!

lightwell: PizzaJedi81: Tsar_Bomba1:

Not necessarily. We may have to fight the Japs again...

Wasn't that Navajo?

It was them, and the Germans. The Germans learned every language in the world but theirs. We Cherokee were compromised early on.

The Germans, cognizant of the use of both Cherokee and Choctaw by the US in WWI, made an effort to learn at least some of the Native American languages before the US entered WWII. We knew about this effort, of course, and that's why we didn't really use code talkers to any great extent in the European theater.

The Japanese, had they fully exploited the resources they had, could have broken the code used by the Navajo code talkers fairly easily (once you get the syllabary down, it basically a simple substitution code), but they were singularly bad at SIGINT, and they just didn't put the resources into doing it properly.

wait, why isn't this on the geek tab

hold me, i'm confused

DemonEater: So is this movie actually worth seeing?

Yes.

You've seen the plot before (Dancing with Wolves), but the story is told well enough that it doesn't get in the way of the enjoyment.

More importantly, though, you haven't seen a movie like this. We've become very jaded about CGI, but I've never seen it employed to create such a fully realized world. This is a visionary movie in the most literal sense of the word and it begs to be seen on the big screen, in 3D IMAX if you can.

dittybopper: lightwell: PizzaJedi81: Tsar_Bomba1:

Not necessarily. We may have to fight the Japs again...

Wasn't that Navajo?

It was them, and the Germans. The Germans learned every language in the world but theirs. We Cherokee were compromised early on.

The Germans, cognizant of the use of both Cherokee and Choctaw by the US in WWI, made an effort to learn at least some of the Native American languages before the US entered WWII. We knew about this effort, of course, and that's why we didn't really use code talkers to any great extent in the European theater.

The Japanese, had they fully exploited the resources they had, could have broken the code used by the Navajo code talkers fairly easily (once you get the syllabary down, it basically a simple substitution code), but they were singularly bad at SIGINT, and they just didn't put the resources into doing it properly.

You can make a really good case that the Japanese had no idea what the fark they were getting themselves into by attacking Pearl Harbor. They expected the US to recoil and withdraw from the Pacific, not to tool up and make them our biatches. They just weren't prepared for a real fight from a fully industrialized country of significant resources.

As for TFA, well, the funny thing will be when the people who learned to speak Klingon call Na'vi speakers losers.

I can't be bothered to learn a useful language.

akula:
You can make a really good case that the Japanese had no idea what the fark they were getting themselves into by attacking Pearl Harbor. They expected the US to recoil and withdraw from the Pacific, not to tool up and make them our biatches. They just weren't prepared for a real fight from a fully industrialized country of significant resources.

Well, *SOME* Japanese knew better. Certainly, Admiral Yamamoto knew it. The problem is that pride and a large measure of racism stood in the way of recognizing that the sheer size and industrial base of the United States meant that we could win a straight up war of attrition, and that while we might squabble amongst ourselves in peacetime, when you attack us from the outside, you unite us*. Of course, they learned that lesson.

One real interesting part of that war is that for the most part, we were reading their mail. We would land where they didn't expect us, bypassing strongholds and landing where they were weak, and letting the strong garrisons wither on the vine. This went on for several years, but it doesn't seem like the Japanese ever twigged to the fact that their communications were as vulnerable and deeply penetrated as they were.


As for TFA, well, the funny thing will be when the people who learned to speak Klingon call Na'vi speakers losers.

Meh. It'd be like Esperanto speakers looking down the noses of those who speak Volapuk, or vice versa. Either way, they don't know the One True Language: Morse code.


*Some Americans seem to have lost this recently, given the poll numbers for the War in Afghanistan.

dittybopper: Meh. It'd be like Esperanto speakers looking down the noses of those who speak Volapuk, or vice versa. Either way, they don't know the One True Language: Morse code.

..- .--. / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -. --- ... . / .-- .. - .... / .- / .-. ..- -... -... . .-. / .... --- ... .

PizzaJedi81: dittybopper: Meh. It'd be like Esperanto speakers looking down the noses of those who speak Volapuk, or vice versa. Either way, they don't know the One True Language: Morse code.

..- .--. / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -. --- ... . / .-- .. - .... / .- / .-. ..- -... -... . .-. / .... --- ... .

Off my case, tank face.

Dinjiin: Hey, at least we now have another option for alternate languages when hunting geek girls. Personally, I was getting a little upset when they kept shouting at me in Klingon while we made love.

Is that not how it's supposed to be done? I always thought that Klingon sex was kinda like cat sex...loudy, and with a chance that one or more party will be injured.

FTFA: So far, we have a ~500 word Na'vi-to-English dictionary

That's not a language. That's just a bunch of words. When you invent a language, you either go all out Tolkien style, or you just make the necessary vocabulary and hope no one notices you half assed the job.

/studying Elvish is actually interesting from a linguistic point of view
//not fun to try and write, though. Every freaking character looks nearly the same!

Tachikoma:
/studying Elvish is actually interesting from a linguistic point of view


Thank you very much...