FORKNI-L
Digest - 6 Apr 2010 to 7 Apr 2010 (#2010-66)
Wed, 7 Apr 2010
There are 4 messages totalling 68 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Vachon speaking French (2)
2. +Hi+
3. Sorry about the spam!
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:49:31 -0400
From: Ramona Jackson <lexyladyjax@g.......>
Subject: Re: Vachon speaking French
About Vachon understanding Chevalier, remember that vampires speak and
understand all languages. I recollect that in the pilot that Nick spoke
Mandarin. Likely that ability is connected with the Whammy somehow. So
it's no stretch that Vachon understands French. Besides, wasn't he in
French territory in the episode *Black Wing?* (or am I misremembering?)
Peri
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:55:35 -0400
From: Roger Armstrong <eriklebeau@g.......>
Subject: +Hi+
http://sites.google.com/site/wedugfsw/axbh5u
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 21:58:32 -0400
From: Roger Armstrong <eriklebeau@g.......>
Subject: Sorry about the spam!
Sorry about that last email from me. Something must have hacked my
account. Hopefully I've got everything nailed back down.
Roger
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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 02:48:29 +0000
From: nancykam@c.......
Subject: Re: Vachon speaking French
----- Original Message -----
> About Vachon understanding Chevalier, remember that vampires speak and
> understand all languages. I recollect that in the pilot that Nick spoke
> Mandarin. Likely that ability is connected with the Whammy somehow. So
> it's no stretch that Vachon understands French. Besides, wasn't he in
> French territory in the episode *Black Wing?* (or am I misremembering?)
I'm afraid you're mistaken that vampires somehow mystically understand and speak
all languages. That is nowhere stated in canon. Yes, Nick speaks Mandarin, but
there's nothing that says he didn't learn it by visiting China in his long
existence.
One thing that aids vampires is their extremely good memory. If you don't have
to drill vocabulary, and can remember the rules of grammar, it would be much
easier to learn a new language.
Someone in fanfic might have come up with this "whammy brings instant language"
theory.
As for Vachon understanding French, there's no reason why he couldn't have
learned it somewhere along the way. Remember he was in New Orleans, where he
picked up Urs, and was palling around with a guy with a French name.
In Blackwing the flashback is to the very early days of Europeans moving into
Canada, and the land of the Mississauga. There were likely French voyageurs
there. I'd have to go back and rewatch it to see who it was that Vachon was
fighting against---wasn't it the English?
Nancy Kaminski
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