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Lilith Kara
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:33:00 -
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Do they?
Also, what about the other races in the game? Some place names sound kinda Finnish, others sound Dutch. What's the story?
Also, can someone direct me to a website that details the recent history (i.e. the last 100 years) of the Eve world?
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Dimitri Chandler
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:34:00 -
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keepiru
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:36:00 -
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Thank **** no...
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Vendrin
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:39:00 -
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They do not. But the Gallente RPers who use french words merely mean to portray they are using Gallente expressions instead of the common language everyone uses.
In basic terms though, no earth language survived.
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Wrangler
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:43:00 -
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No, Gallente are just descendants of some people who colonized some place and they were descendants fron the french or something. 
I feel I need to go read the background section again... 
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keepiru
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:45:00 -
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OT, those new ISD sigs are spiffeh :o
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Wrangler
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:46:00 -
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 Originally by: keepiru
OT, those new ISD sigs are spiffeh :o
They're made by a guy from AURORA (Events Team) though, but they are nice. 
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2006.03.12 10:48:00 -
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In all likelihood the Gallente view French the same way most Scots seem to view Gallic.
That is, a dead language spoken by a handful of strange old men who live in remote areas, as well as something the television spends way too much time on.
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Wrangler
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Posted - 2006.03.12 11:19:00 -
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Originally by: Adonis 4174
In all likelihood the Gallente view French the same way most Scots seem to view Gallic.
That is, a dead language spoken by a handful of strange old men who live in remote areas, as well as something the television spends way too much time on.
Don't you mean the Gaelic? Gauls were the ones in France, I thought Scots were descendants from the Gaels. 
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Astarte Nosferatu
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Posted - 2006.03.12 11:33:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
Originally by: Adonis 4174
In all likelihood the Gallente view French the same way most Scots seem to view Gallic.
That is, a dead language spoken by a handful of strange old men who live in remote areas, as well as something the television spends way too much time on.
Don't you mean the Gaelic? Gauls were the ones in France, I thought Scots were descendants from the Gaels.
Scots are descendants from the Picts if I recall correctly .
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2006.03.12 11:43:00 -
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It says everything that I'm not sure how to spell the modern form of Gaelic.
It's pronounced with a hard A, I know that.
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Kaa Pullani
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Posted - 2006.03.12 11:49:00 -
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No, scots are mainly descended from the 'Scotti' - a tribe that colonised from northern part of Ireland in the dark-ages. I think the picts were either wiped out or assimilated into the new culture. And saying 'Gallic' is a way of differentiating the scots tongue from the irish 'Gaelic'.
Back on topic - i'd tend to agree that whatever the Gallente speak will be very far removed from French - but it will have some similar roots and words - think about it like a modern english person trying to understand Saxon.
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Rutoo
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Posted - 2006.03.12 13:20:00 -
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je mange les babe mort
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Darmed Khan
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Posted - 2006.03.12 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: Rutoo
je mange les babe mort
You eat the dead babes? 
*hides his female corpse collection*
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Galk
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Posted - 2006.03.12 13:42:00 -
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I have a habit of speaking it when i log after midnight after a night out
Non repeatable though
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Garoth
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Posted - 2006.03.12 13:50:00 -
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Only to REALLY annoy my corp mates. Bunch of Caldari cushon that they are.
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Rhaegar
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Posted - 2006.03.12 13:53:00 -
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Originally by: Wrangler
Originally by: keepiru
OT, those new ISD sigs are spiffeh :o
They're made by a guy from AURORA (Events Team) though, but they are nice.
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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2006.03.12 13:55:00 -
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About the only remnants of French still to be seen in the Gallente Federation are the names of star systems (Pulin, Leremblompes, Luminaire ... they make sense if you pronounce them in the French style).
What actual language they speak probably can't even be represented using Roman characters. Imagine trying to explain to a caveman from 20,000 years ago how to speak English; that's how they would view us.
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Rutoo
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Posted - 2006.03.12 13:56:00 -
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Originally by: Darmed Khan
Originally by: Rutoo
je mange les babe mort
You eat the dead babes?
*hides his female corpse collection*
no just proving a point that i am Gallente and speak french :P
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Nyphur
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Posted - 2006.03.12 14:22:00 -
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Mais oui.
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Marie Trudeau
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Posted - 2006.03.12 14:27:00 -
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Originally by: Lilith Kara
Do they?
Not French, of course, no. The language would be a derivative of French. The Gallente are not French but they are Frenchified. Hence system names are Frenchish, region names are Frenchish, agent names (at least the surnames) are Frenchish, the university's name is Frenchish ... none of those things dates back to the time when the French were around in the EVE cluster, they represent the lingering cultural influence in the Gallente culture of that primordial French influence. So while the Gallente are not "France in space", they nevertheless have many lingering French influences in the culture, and it's safe to assume that some of these have survived linguistically as well, while the language spoken is clearly not intelligible as French.
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Bawldeux IV
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Posted - 2006.03.12 15:37:00 -
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who cares what they speak, no one listens, maybe if they shaved their arm pits and bathed every spring (like us caldari do), but those gallente just dont care about hygene.
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Gariuys
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Posted - 2006.03.12 15:41:00 -
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Je ne parlez pas francais, je parlez anglais... we got rid of multiple languages among pod pilots cause smacking people was a lot more fun if people actually understood what you said.
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Fantome
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Posted - 2006.03.12 15:41:00 -
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Oui
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JADE DRAG0NESS
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Posted - 2006.03.12 15:42:00 -
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its true they descended from the french. But bear in mind languages change all the time [look at todays youth culture compared to when you were young]. And this colonisation happend a long time ago so the language will be nothing like modern french.
For an example look at old medevil english i watched a documentry where someone as an example quoted a poem in old english......I couldnt understand 1 word of it
Some examples bold is the translation
monegum mµg¦um, meodosetla ofteah many warriors, took their mead-benches
gomban gyldan. ¦µt wµs god cyning! and yield to him. He was a good king!
weox under wolcnum, weor=myndum ¦ah, waxed under the heavens, prospered in glory,
This language is just 700 year old english.
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Danton Marcellus
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Posted - 2006.03.12 15:46:00 -
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Note to self; Drop 'merde' more often in conversations.
I'd prefer the gallente ships to be named in french though rather than some lame-o mythology theme as is now. The Mirage or Sacre Bleu, now there's something I'd fly with pride.
Remind me about The Maze.
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.03.12 19:19:00 -
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Originally by: Lilith Kara
Do Gallentians speak French?
No, but they eat snails.
Seriously, going to sleep sucks because I miss cool **** like this.
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Erosie
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Posted - 2006.03.13 04:48:00 -
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Originally by: Danton Marcellus
Note to self; Drop 'merde' more often in conversations.
I'd prefer the gallente ships to be named in french though rather than some lame-o mythology theme as is now. The Mirage or Sacre Bleu, now there's something I'd fly with pride.
rofl sacre bleu
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Shiner BockBeer
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Posted - 2006.03.13 04:49:00 -
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NEIN!
MACH SCHNELL!
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Deliz Seemack
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Posted - 2006.03.13 05:16:00 -
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Nous parlons tous la langue de MoliFre de maniFre impTcable. Il ne faudrait pas nous prendre pour des incultes comme les Caldarians.
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Brastagi
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Posted - 2006.03.13 05:41:00 -
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Odour le toilet.
That's the only thing I knew
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Uuldahan
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Posted - 2006.03.13 08:13:00 -
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Bien svr que nous parlons frantais !
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ReaperOfSly
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Posted - 2006.03.13 09:53:00 -
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Edited by: ReaperOfSly on 13/03/2006 09:54:57
Parlez frantais? Jamais! Allez maintenant loin ou je vais taunter vous une deuxiFme fois!
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Sybylle
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Posted - 2006.03.13 10:27:00 -
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Edited by: Sybylle on 13/03/2006 10:27:40
Originally by: Deliz Seemack
Nous parlons tous la langue de MoliFre de maniFre impTcable. Il ne faudrait pas nous prendre pour des incultes comme les Caldarians.
Hmmm...Vu le nombre de Caldari chez nous je n'oserais pas m'impliquer dans ce dTbat :P
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Je partage nTanmoins cet avis :D
Les Gallentes sont bien plus raffinTs que les Caldari... Ne parlons pas des Minmatar...^^!
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000Hunter000
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Posted - 2006.03.13 10:44:00 -
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Bah, my ancestors weren't french at all, we paid those froggies a hansom sum of money to hitch a ride on their colonizationship.
MY ancestors were from this small country called the Netherlands, and after it got flooded by rising sealevels we had no alternative but to pack up and leave that crappy planet called Earth.
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TheDeceit
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Posted - 2006.03.13 10:54:00 -
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You crazy kids and your RP.
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.03.13 11:01:00 -
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Eve is set thousands of years in the future.
Now, it's a fact that that languages evolve over time - for example the English we speak today is very different to the English that was used five hundred years ago.
So whilst the Gallente language may have some elements of French in it, it would not be recognisable to a modern French speaker.
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Ilyanah
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Posted - 2006.03.13 11:42:00 -
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Well, the whole gallente being french is just a developer ez mode.
"Hmm ok we have this very liberal people that likes to tell other people how good their government are.. What does that remind me of.. oh yes.. the french revolution.. then mabye, just mabye the Gallenete can be like.. french originated or some **** like that.. yeas.. this could work..."
i.e, who cares...
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Paniq
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Posted - 2006.03.13 12:21:00 -
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The Gallente are based on a mixture of the French and Americans actually.
Amarr are based on the ancient Egyptians, Caldari on what the Japanese megacorporations would be like in 'this' future, and the Minmatar are based on the African tribes of old.
The name 'Minmatar' is a mangled version of an Icelandic word, relating to their status and struggle in the backstory.
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Danton Marcellus
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Posted - 2006.03.13 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: Paniq
The Gallente are based on a mixture of the French and Americans actually...
Amarr America, doesn't ring a bell does it? The Reclaiming, Manifest Destiny, gunboat diplomacy, it cannot be! 
No more telling people what is and what isn't when you have no grey crayola.
Remind me about The Maze.
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St Dragon
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Posted - 2006.03.13 16:41:00 -
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In my opinion Amarr are Catholics its even said in the OLD eve backstory that the collony ship that colonized amarr prime was made up of fanatical catholics that wanted a utopian catholic paradise.
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