re: #295 Kruk

So advanced they taught an entire glaxy billions of light years away to speak in 20th Century American English thousands of years ago.

Always an issue for Sci-Fi writers. A deus ex machina solution is the only way.

In Stargate, I think they assume the Atlantians are just sooooooo far advanced, language isn’t ever a problem for them. Their brains just handle it. Daniel was a exceptionally gifted linquist, so he could pick-up on most alien languages when hummed a few bars.

I always liked the Star Trek Universal Translator, but the winner, IMHO is Douglas Adams, Babble Fish.