beatrice_otter: Me in red--face not shown (Delenn)
... it is incredibly ironic that when they want to establish a character as an alien, they make him/her speak very good, grammatical English

Date: 2007-11-17 01:19 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] layec.livejournal.com
It makes sense to me. o.O If they're an alien, they wouldn't have a native, intuitive grasp of the language. They would have had to learn it, probably through formal study or analysis, so it would make sense that an alien would have very good grammar.

Date: 2007-11-17 05:23 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] shusu.livejournal.com
Dropping by... yeah, that's my experience growing up in a country where English is the universal second language. Our grammar tends to be impeccable by default (non-casual situations.)

Tis ironic, indeed.

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