Subject: Re: [FFML] [SPAM] Language Difficulties
From: bastian@enterprise.mathematik.uni-essen.de (Sebastian Weinberg)
Date: 11/27/1996, 4:08 AM
To: Fanfiction ML

 On Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:50:42 -0800 "Brendan O'Donnell" said:

: >	Which of the Ranma 1/2 characters know English well >enough
: >to act as a translator?  I'm figuring probably Dr. Tofu >and Nabiki,
: >and perhaps Ryoga.  Does that sound right?

: Ryouga, well his 
: familys ability to get lost combined with the fact that he's walked to places 
: seperated by miles of oceans without crossing water means that he's likely had 
: to deal with a lot of foreign languages in his lifetime.  So he's probably got a 
: rudimentary practicle understanding of English and a few other languages.  His 
: knowledge is probably limited to spoken though.

When has he ever crossed an ocean by accident, let alone without
noticing?  The only times when he left Japan was when he went to
China, and he did that on purpose both times.  OK, once he *was*
in China he got lost again and even wandered off as far as Moscow,
but getting lost all over the globe without noticing is something
that he only does in fanfics.


Sebastian
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