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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 21, 2021 11:17:02 GMT -5
What languages do you imagine certain superheroes speak?
I imagine Tony Stark speaks French, for sure. Maybe Spanish, and it was mentioned in an issue of Avenger that I recently read (during Englehart's) run that he understand Vietnamese, due to his time there, though his Vietnam origin has probably been retconned out.
I'm also guessing that Bruce Wayne would speak French and probably Spanish and perhaps Japanese.
Wolverine speaks Japanese and, being Canadian, perhaps French.
Obviously Jaime Reyes (Blue Beetle) and Vibe would speak Spanish in addition to English, and some of the Alpha Flgiht member, such as Northstar, speak French in addition to English.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2021 11:27:43 GMT -5
Not quite an answer to your question, but...
I imagine Superboy and Supergirl sometimes fly back from a Legion adventure still speaking fluent Interlac, and accidently let some words slip in their 20th century conversations before they catch themselves.
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Post by Dizzy D on Dec 21, 2021 12:06:20 GMT -5
Most of the Avengers would speak multiple languages:
- Thor obviously knows various Nordic languages, but probably many other languages as well.
- Captain America speaks French due to his time stationed there in WWII, but according to Secret Warriors, he didn't speak German (or at least not at that time).
- Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch speak a fictional Eastern European language, but I've seen Wanda also speak German (during a team-up with Nightcrawler, they switched to German so their opponents wouldn't be able to understand them).
- Black Widow speaks Russian (and as a trained spy probably several other languages)
- Hercules obviously speaks at least Greek, but probably many other languages as well.
The X-Men cheat, because Xavier and Jean just download languages into their minds when needed. Also Douglas Ramsey.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Dec 21, 2021 12:14:17 GMT -5
According to one Silver Age story, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang all speak Welsh.  |
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 21, 2021 12:56:16 GMT -5
According to one Silver Age story, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang all speak Welsh. Well, Lana’s father was a college professor! And Clark is Superman! And Lois ... uh ... isn’t she an army brat? She pick up Welsh when her father was stationed in Wales during the war. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 21, 2021 13:29:56 GMT -5
According to one Silver Age story, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang all speak Welsh. Well, Lana’s father was a college professor! And Clark is Superman! And Lois ... uh ... isn’t she an army brat? She pick up Welsh when her father was stationed in Wales during the war. Ah, Welsh is easy; you just add, "Eh, boyo" at the end of sentences. The rest of it is just going up at the end of a sentence and adding Ls to the spelling of everything. Oh, and everyone is named Jones. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 21, 2021 14:05:41 GMT -5
“I am Conan! I’m the only gay in all of Wales!”
“Of course you are, dearie!”
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 22, 2021 10:04:39 GMT -5
Both Monica Rambeau and Wanda Maximoff speak French, and they had a brief chat in Molière's language in an issue of Avengers.
Charles Xavier speaks French as well, as he did in the X-Men issue that introduced Ahmal Farouk. But then as I understand it his telepathy allows him to pick up languages very fast, and to "teach" them almost instantaneously to his students if need be. (Bit of a cheat, if you ask me!)
As Thor spoke ancient Norse when he lived among Vikings, I imagine he'd speak modern Icelandic with little effort.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 22, 2021 10:28:55 GMT -5
Well, Lana’s father was a college professor! And Clark is Superman! And Lois ... uh ... isn’t she an army brat? She pick up Welsh when her father was stationed in Wales during the war. Ah, Welsh is easy; you just add, "Eh, boyo" at the end of sentences. The rest of it is just going up at the end of a sentence and adding Ls to the spelling of everything. Oh, and everyone is named Jones.IRT the bolded, you’re not kidding. I have lots of Welsh ancestors, and trying to do that genealogy is a nightmare. Cadwalader Jones’ son is John Cadwalader, whose son is Cadwalader Jones, whose son is John Cadwalader... As for adding letters, don’t forget lots of “y”s, double “f”s, and “th”s, usually in multiple combinations with one another. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 22, 2021 11:48:46 GMT -5
Both Monica Rambeau and Wanda Maximoff speak French, and they had a brief chat in Molière's language in an issue of Avengers. Charles Xavier speaks French as well, as he did in the X-Men issue that introduced Ahmal Farouk. But then as I understand it his telepathy allows him to pick up languages very fast, and to "teach" them almost instantaneously to his students if need be. (Bit of a cheat, if you ask me!) As Thor spoke ancient Norse when he lived among Vikings, I'd imagine he'd speak modern Icelandic with little effort. Which reminds me that Rogue and Gambit must speak French. And yes, Chuck X cheats! |
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Post by berkley2 on Dec 22, 2021 16:56:06 GMT -5
I would have imagined tbe gods spoke or at least were understood in every language, but it seems theyre all just superpowered aliens these days.
And I picture rich Americans like Tony Stark as not needing to speak other languages - they have people to do that for them.
I dont know if anyones ever addressed this, but ive always imagined that due to his mercenary background and general dealings with the shady side of things around the world, Moon Knight or Marc Spector would not only speak a lot of different languages, including some African ones as he was operating there for years, but would also be familiar with lesser-known dialects like Haitian creole, or the French slang of the criminal underworld in Montreal, things like that.
But the real answer is that every comics character speaks every language their camics have been translated into: the evidence is right there on the page!
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Post by Calidore on Dec 22, 2021 17:54:21 GMT -5
I'm also guessing that Bruce Wayne would speak French and probably Spanish and perhaps Japanese. I'm thinking it would be in character for Wayne/Batman to have learned to speak everything, just in case. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 23, 2021 11:02:25 GMT -5
I'm also guessing that Bruce Wayne would speak French and probably Spanish and perhaps Japanese. I'm thinking it would be in character for Wayne/Batman to have learned to speak everything, just in case. Including Kryptonese and Martian. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Dec 24, 2021 4:20:03 GMT -5
Both Monica Rambeau and Wanda Maximoff speak French, and they had a brief chat in Molière's language in an issue of Avengers. Charles Xavier speaks French as well, as he did in the X-Men issue that introduced Ahmal Farouk. But then as I understand it his telepathy allows him to pick up languages very fast, and to "teach" them almost instantaneously to his students if need be. (Bit of a cheat, if you ask me!) As Thor spoke ancient Norse when he lived among Vikings, I'd imagine he'd speak modern Icelandic with little effort. Which reminds me that Rogue and Gambut must speak French. And yes, Chuck X cheats!
Gambit speaks Cajun french, whether an actual French person would actually understand him remains to be seen.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 24, 2021 4:34:10 GMT -5
Which reminds me that Rogue and Gambut must speak French. And yes, Chuck X cheats!
Gambit speaks Cajun french, whether an actual French person would actually understand him remains to be seen.
An actual French person who can’t read probably has a fairly good chance of understanding Gambit. |
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