Firefly language use? Anyone? Anyone?
POSTED BY: Hera
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 21:24
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I work at homework centres set up to help kids that are having trouble in school (either due to learning disabilities, personality friction, bad home environments, etc). I try to be nice, but at times a few Mal-isms start to pop up.
"You should sign your name to these before you hand 'em in."
*kid ignores me and keeps playing with his ruler*
". . . Might not wanna mistake that for a suggestion."
Other day someone asked me how to spell "shiny." It wasn't Firefly-related, but I had to grin anyway.
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I FIND MYSELF USING, SLANG LIKE DAWHO,DAWHAT CUZ OF WHAT MAL SAID TO SAFFRON, AND PIECE OF GOSE, AND MY FAVORITE WHERE THERE SPACE MONKEYS?
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i cant get a grip on firefly language but iam a big fan of firefly and farscape so i say frill alot alot!
shae
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Originally posted by Hera:
That would be so cool to have as a resource! If you have the time and energy, you could post the dictionary here on the fireflyfans.net home page in the left sidebar (Firefly Database) under Culture>Language. Right now there isn't anything there. It would be wonderful to have it there as a reference tool.
Possible to expand it to cool phrases as well? There are so many . . .
"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas
It would take a while to compile it, but it's certainly something that could be done. As for actually doing it, what I'd ultimately like to do is create a database for it with all sorts of information about each quote (such as who said it, to whom they said it, when, etc.), maybe a quote rating system, make it searchable, etc. When I do things, I tend to overdo them, so all that may not be needed, but that's my vision, anyway. As for putting it here on fireflyfans.net, I think the easiest way to do such a project may be to run it at its own site and link to it from here if it ends up being a good resource.
Cool phrases? Yes. Dictionary? Sure. Any quote that's funny or good in any way? Heck yeah. I see this as a giant database. Something to ponder, anyway.
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I use shiny and cashy money a lot.
Some phrases like: "ain't it just", "I'll be in my bunk", "some people juggle geese" and "very special hell" are some of my favorites.
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Originally posted by Hera:
That would be so cool to have as a resource! If you have the time and energy, you could post the dictionary here on the fireflyfans.net home page in the left sidebar (Firefly Database) under Culture>Language. Right now there isn't anything there. It would be wonderful to have it there as a reference tool.
Possible to expand it to cool phrases as well? There are so many . . .
"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas
It would take a while to compile it, but it's certainly something that could be done. As for actually doing it, what I'd ultimately like to do is create a database for it with all sorts of information about each quote (such as who said it, to whom they said it, when, etc.), maybe a quote rating system, make it searchable, etc. When I do things, I tend to overdo them, so all that may not be needed, but that's my vision, anyway. As for putting it here on fireflyfans.net, I think the easiest way to do such a project may be to run it at its own site and link to it from here if it ends up being a good resource.
Cool phrases? Yes. Dictionary? Sure. Any quote that's funny or good in any way? Heck yeah. I see this as a giant database. Something to ponder, anyway.
A database after my own heart. I love it! I'm working on one of Firefly injuries (who, by whom, how, why, when). It all started with the innocent question: "Who's been injured the most on cargo vessel Serenity?" The most innocuous questions lead one off in odd little directions.
I love your plan. Go for it, I say. It will inspire me to finish my wee project.
Here are the two places I've used to access quotes for my guerrilla marketing efforts (it's cool that they're already typeset and attributed--but keep an eye for errors on imdb):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/quotes
http://www.still-flying.net/guide.php
"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas
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Originally posted by Hera:
A database after my own heart. I love it! I'm working on one of Firefly injuries (who, by whom, how, why, when). It all started with the innocent question: "Who's been injured the most on cargo vessel Serenity?" The most innocuous questions lead one off in odd little directions.
I love your plan. Go for it, I say. It will inspire me to finish my wee project.
Here are the two places I've used to access quotes for my guerrilla marketing efforts (it's cool that they're already typeset and attributed--but keep an eye for errors on imdb):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/quotes
http://www.still-flying.net/guide.php
"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas
I think I'm probably going to do my own research for the database. That will take a huge bit of time right there, but it will be worth it. Then comes the matter of designing the database, populating it, and coding the site. This could take a while :)
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I think I'm probably going to do my own research for the database. That will take a huge bit of time right there, but it will be worth it. Then comes the matter of designing the database, populating it, and coding the site. This could take a while :)
It would take a long time, but it would be darn fun, and you would eliminate any mistakes made by others. Good luck and enjoy the project. I look forward to seeing your results someday.
"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas
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I seem to recall there was device that could read the closed captioning from a TV signal and transcribe it to a text file. Wouldn't this help in the development of the database or are the scripts already available somewhere?
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I seem to recall there was device that could read the closed captioning from a TV signal and transcribe it to a text file. Wouldn't this help in the development of the database or are the scripts already available somewhere?
That's an interesting thought. The only problem is I've seen a lot of errors in both subtitles and closed-captioning. A lot of errors. There are several even on the Firefly and Serenity DVDs.
The fun of collecting them is the legitimate excuse to watch all the episodes again to collect the quotes and their usage. I've done it before for specific purposes, and it's a lot of fun.
"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas
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