Who is Yang? Who are the parents of Deirdre? - Page 2

lord of the mark · June 2, 2003, 16:14

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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Just for the record, Chairman Yang looks like my grandfather, and my grandfather actually fled China as the Communists took over.

Xioapang? *scratch head* Never heard of him. Are you sure this is even a Chinese name?

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I think its Deng Xiaoping - leader of the PRC after the fall of the Gang of Four (1979?) initiated market oriented economic reforms of the 1980's.

Sikander · June 2, 2003, 19:54

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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Speaking of the Crimson-Headed-Warrior:

Hey, why are you guys talking about my trouser snake?

Ogie Oglethorpe · June 2, 2003, 23:39

And as of this writing, only 42 more non OT posts to go.

Sikander · June 4, 2003, 02:51

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Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
And as of this writing, only 42 more non OT posts to go.

At the current rate of quality decline, I'm bound to be banned within 20 though.

Vev · June 4, 2003, 21:12

Did not realise Zak and Yang were that old and from the profile of Zak, he's done well make his face look younger than his age. Maybe Zak has face-lifts and beauty treatments.

gwillybj · June 5, 2003, 04:27

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Originally posted by Clear Skies
I didn't mean the name didn't sound Scottish, I meant her in-game voice, doesn't sound even remotely Scottish...
And if she comes from Free Scotland, how soon are they getting independence?

On the second point, May 12, 1999 is a significant date. Have a look at The Scottish Parliament | Public Information Service | Frequently Asked Questions, particularly these points:
(9) What is devolution?
(10) On what date did the Scottish Parliament come into being?
(11) What can the Scottish Parliament do?
(12) How does the Scottish Parliament make laws?
While not independent per se, they do exercise a sizeable measure of self-determination.

On the first point, Deirdre's voice, so sweetly done by Carolyn Dahl, sounds not unlike my Mom, who is not Scottish, but of Welsh and French descent (third generation, mid-Atlantic states, not from the north).
Interestingly, although she (my Mom) moved from PA to VT in 1959, she never lost her Philadelphia accent, and we her seven children have been told our "Green Mountain English" is tainted a touch by that influence, both in pronunciation and grammar.
I

my Mom!

Rogan Josh · June 5, 2003, 09:35

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Originally posted by Clear Skies
Deirdre doesn't even SOUND Scottish...

What's wrong with Deirdre? I have a Scottish aunt called Deirdre.

Her accent isn't terribly Scottish, but it is not too bad. (It actually sound a little like a New Zealand accent to me.)

Adalbertus · June 5, 2003, 13:51

Rogan, Clear Skies already said that he meant the ingame voice and not the name, what we non-specialists failed to notice. My last scottish ancestor lived quite long ago (I'm 1/8 Swabian, sigh, and it is said that the first Swabian was a Scottish who had to leave the country because of his stinginess)

Btw. Sikander, 621 non-OT posts to King for me

Alinestra Covelia · June 5, 2003, 14:46

Deirdre's voice is very nice but it's not Scottish. It sounds a bit like Christopher Lambert's voice - a foreigner trying to sound Scottish.

After I stayed in the UK for those years my accent slipped from its original American and people claimed it sounded Scottish. Clive Barker's accent is similar - he started off in Liverpool and moved to America, where his accent changed into the bizarre mishmash that it is today.

Ogie Oglethorpe · June 5, 2003, 22:20

My brief stint in England country side and dealing with transplanted Scots to the Coventry area led me to believe that they speak a completely different language. The only thing I could translate was F&ck every 4th word.

Ahh, the universal and never innappropriate noun, verb, adverb, and adjective.

Googlie · June 6, 2003, 02:47

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Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
The only thing I could translate was F&ck every 4th word.

So you've seen Robin Williams on "The Origins of Golf" as well?

G (who is 100% Scottish)

Sikander · June 6, 2003, 04:05

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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Deirdre's voice is very nice but it's not Scottish. It sounds a bit like Christopher Lambert's voice - a foreigner trying to sound Scottish.

OK, which one is better looking, Deirde or Christopher Lambert?

I vote for Christopher Lambert, I never really found myself moved by Dee, and I know so many girls who sigh whenever Christopher Lambert appears on screen. It's funny when they ask me to go to an action type picture with them, I always know there is a hunky / pretty guy involved, and it's not me!

Sikander · June 6, 2003, 04:06

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Originally posted by Googlie

So you've seen Robin Williams on "The Origins of Golf" as well?

G (who is 100% Scottish)

Damn, that sounds funny. Where can you see it?

Sikander · June 6, 2003, 04:09

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Originally posted by Adalbertus
Rogan, Clear Skies already said that he meant the ingame voice and not the name, what we non-specialists failed to notice. My last scottish ancestor lived quite long ago (I'm 1/8 Swabian, sigh, and it is said that the first Swabian was a Scottish who had to leave the country because of his stinginess)

That must have been one very stingy guy!

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Originally posted by Adalbertus
Btw. Sikander, 621 non-OT posts to King for me

Don't make two paragraphs, make two posts.

Alinestra Covelia · June 6, 2003, 11:38

I just think at this time it's apropos of nothing much to mention that Johnny Depp makes my heart throb.

Clear Skies · June 6, 2003, 11:55

Ptchah. Give me Alec Newman any day.

Googlie · June 6, 2003, 12:11

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Originally posted by Sikander
Damn, that sounds funny. Where can you see it?

Send me an e-mail ( googlie@canada.com ) and I'll send it you

(I can't attach to your 'Poly e-mail or to a PM, and it's the wrong file type to upload here)

G.

Vev · June 10, 2003, 01:13

Steve Buscemi anyone?

History Guy · June 10, 2003, 17:32

Clear Skies,

Nah. You want Alec Guinness!

Ali,

Don't you mean Johnny Gielgud?!

As it is, Skye is an island off Scotland on which Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed during his escape. Therefore, one might suspect that old Dee is the Lady of the island.

Adalbertus · June 10, 2003, 18:19

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Originally posted by Sikander
Don't make two paragraphs, make two posts.

You are

Adalbertus · June 10, 2003, 18:23

absolutely right.

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Originally posted by History Guy
As it is, Skye is an island off Scotland on which Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed during his escape. Therefore, one might suspect that old Dee is the Lady of the island.

Old Dee? She'll be younger than all of us. I might try to be her granddad, if I was more than eighth Super-Scottish...

Oh, Sik, missed it again.

Sikander · June 11, 2003, 06:51

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Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
I just think at this time it's apropos of nothing much to mention that Johnny Depp makes my heart throb.

And for those of us who are not attracted to him, he's a much better actor the Lambert, which is a nice bonus. Plus he's been in some fantastic films.

Adalbertus · June 11, 2003, 20:46

Excuse my ignorance, but I'm neither an avid movie watcher nor native English speaker. Who is Johnny Depp? "Depp" in German means "stupid person" in a derogative way.

CEO Aaron · June 12, 2003, 01:45

Adalbertus: http://us.imdb.com/Name?Depp,+Johnny

Adalbertus · June 12, 2003, 13:07

CEO, thanks. Not really my world, though.

Nakar Gabab · June 13, 2003, 14:51

I wouldn't venture to say Johnny Depp is in the same world as just about any of us, really, but that doesn't make him any less awesome.

To whomever said Steve Buscemi:

Vev · June 16, 2003, 02:07

Steve Buscemi's have strange roles, although he did lead in the movie Bona Appetite Moma. That was a nice quirky moive.

Frankychan · June 16, 2003, 23:49

Steve Buscemi would be a pretty good Zakharov.

I still say Jet Li would make an excellent Yang.

Mr. President · June 18, 2003, 03:25

Shiri Appleby has good hair for Colonel Santiago, but she's not very hard-looking.