How do puns work when they are done in a different language and only understood because of a chip implanted in the brain?
The Shadow
I thought Chiphu and Tesfay speak Spanish? Weren’t they talking with Aitana before any of them got chipped?
Silence
Book One covered this. The translation chips actually work off of information stored in the brain to create the closest approximate translation, for instance extradimensional hunters at one point talk about swiss cheese despite the impossibility of both existing in their universe.
Coyoty
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“Can you set the table to ‘gold’ or ‘iron’ or ‘tin’?”
“I get it! Periodic table settings! You’ll fit right in!”
Nova
They have to learn about the symbiont at some point…
Doug
One of them will drop a spoon at the table and Symbiote will catch it and be like “I got this. Oh hi there”.
rwstyles
The thing that was just undone must have been very terrible, they are acting like decent people now. One more thing to hate about the Strib.
Shen Hibiki
Oh, it wasn’t global. It was specifically about re-making connections with her. Anything that had to do with caring for her again would make them act stupid.
So the whole pacifism-while-trying-to-survive-a-battle should be all them.
But yeh, we may’ve judged them a bit too hard without knowing it was not their fault~
Pete Rogan
The universe is vast beyond human comprehension… but so are human needs, which are so tiny and unimportant in comparison. But not to us. You can forget the Galaxy, Stribs and all, but lose track of where you put your last chocolate bar? Not to be borne.
And as for science puns…. I notice his site is not on your list of links, Christopher, but would I be out of line to suggest a setting for five so Randall Munroe can drop by? Just askin’.
How do puns work when they are done in a different language and only understood because of a chip implanted in the brain?
I thought Chiphu and Tesfay speak Spanish? Weren’t they talking with Aitana before any of them got chipped?
Book One covered this. The translation chips actually work off of information stored in the brain to create the closest approximate translation, for instance extradimensional hunters at one point talk about swiss cheese despite the impossibility of both existing in their universe.
.
“Can you set the table to ‘gold’ or ‘iron’ or ‘tin’?”
“I get it! Periodic table settings! You’ll fit right in!”
They have to learn about the symbiont at some point…
One of them will drop a spoon at the table and Symbiote will catch it and be like “I got this. Oh hi there”.
The thing that was just undone must have been very terrible, they are acting like decent people now. One more thing to hate about the Strib.
Oh, it wasn’t global. It was specifically about re-making connections with her. Anything that had to do with caring for her again would make them act stupid.
So the whole pacifism-while-trying-to-survive-a-battle should be all them.
But yeh, we may’ve judged them a bit too hard without knowing it was not their fault~
The universe is vast beyond human comprehension… but so are human needs, which are so tiny and unimportant in comparison. But not to us. You can forget the Galaxy, Stribs and all, but lose track of where you put your last chocolate bar? Not to be borne.
And as for science puns…. I notice his site is not on your list of links, Christopher, but would I be out of line to suggest a setting for five so Randall Munroe can drop by? Just askin’.