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#386126 darkabomination Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:22:36 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

Again, damn you dubs! They've only done the first season, and I quite enjoyed it.

I wonder if it would be worth learning basic Japanese to get past the sub barrier.

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#386127 Irish Zombie Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:24:32 PM from Texas

I've taken three years of Japanese, and I still can hardly understand what people say without subs.

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#386128 cdrw Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:26:19 PM

I found out there's a reason why Japanese is a 5 credit hour class, and that it wasn't worth it for me to learn just so I can watch anime.

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#386129 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:29:44 PM from Singapore

It helps to know a little Chinese, since Japanese loaned their Kanji from us

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#386130 Japanese Teeth Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:30:32 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Dark: I doubt it; Japanese is a really difficult language to learn, and even learning a less intensive language can take a year or two of dedicated study before you'd be able to really understand a fluent speaker. If you planned on majoring in Japanese language you might be able to pull it off, but it really isn't a "pick it up in your spare time" deal unless you're really good with language.

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#386131 Irish Zombie Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:31:15 PM from Texas

Japanese for me was a 3 credit hour class... that met 5 hours a week.

edited 27th Jul '13 12:31:25 PM by IrishZombie

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#386132 storyyeller Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:31:56 PM from Appleloosa

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Also I'm pretty bad at languages. But I can sometimes understand German movies after 5 years of taking German. As long as they don't talk to fast or have weird accents.

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#386133 darkabomination Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:43:51 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

OK, so that's a no.

Roses are red, violets are blue.

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#386134 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 27th Jul '13 12:50:36 PM from Singapore

I learnt a little, but it was buoyed by a lot of anime and my Mother tongue :V

DID pass that course that was part of my failed attempt at a diploma, but it was only the bare-bones basics. Gotten a little rusty too ._.

edited 27th Jul '13 1:00:36 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#386135 Japanese Teeth Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:02:23 PM from Meinong's jungle

Yeah, I'm guessing that if you can already speak a similar language you have an advantage. It's a lot different from English, though.

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#386136 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:13:14 PM from Singapore

Now I'm wondering if Dashie ever learnt Gryphon tongue so she had something in common in Gilda.

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#386137 darkabomination Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:22:54 PM from the darkest of the hillside thickets

She probably picked up bits here and there, enough to get a basic conversation going.

Roses are red, violets are blue.

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#386138 cdrw Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:25:41 PM

I really, really hope that we get that episode exploring the griffon nation like I keep hearing they want to do.

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#386139 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:27:01 PM from Singapore

Knowing Dashie she can prolly swear in Gryphon

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#386140 Irish Zombie Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:29:00 PM from Texas

Do we even know if the griffons have a separate nation? I thought it was just pure fanon.

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#386141 Japanese Teeth Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:29:46 PM from Meinong's jungle

I think someone mentions a griffon kingdom in one of the comics, but other than that I have no idea.

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#386142 cdrw Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:32:47 PM

At the moment, the existence of a griffon kingdom is pretty much speculation and fanon. I want it to stop being that.

I didn't know that.

edited 27th Jul '13 1:33:18 PM by cdrw

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#386143 Mio Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:32:54 PM

A lot of the supplemental materials seem to imply that they have a seperate nation (or nations).

Whatever language the Griffons have (assuming they only have one) would probably sound "romantic" (as in derived from latin).

edited 27th Jul '13 1:33:16 PM by Mio

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#386144 Irish Zombie Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:35:53 PM from Texas

Mental image: a griffon city that's an expy of Venice, with singing griffons rowing gondolas.

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#386145 Japanese Teeth Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:41:38 PM from Meinong's jungle

@CDRW: Like I said, I don't really remember. I'd have to look it up for sure.

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#386146 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:42:43 PM from Singapore

There's probably many "prides" of Gryphons out there, each one an independant city-state.

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#386147 Badwolfwho Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:49:58 PM from Stardust Road

The map shows the direction where the land of the Gryphons are, right?

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#386148 Ace Of Scarabs Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:53:30 PM from Singapore

IIRC their home continent is across the ocean.

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#386149 cdrw Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:54:45 PM

Ooh. More evidence for my headcanon that Gilda is the ambassador's daughter.

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#386150 Irish Zombie Sat, 27th Jul '13 1:57:22 PM from Texas

Or maybe Gilda is the ambassador!

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