Salafi Stannis Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 So, I was watching Rome, and I noticed that the doctor who was trying to heal Titus Pullo's wife Eirene, and she was speaking over her and trying to heal her...in Somali! Bearing in mind that this is over a thousand years before the language was even invented. Here's the linkhttp://youtu.be/BoZPY3vnaccWhy did they do this? Also, what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westerosi Coast Gangster Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 They didn't count on you. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The same reason they speak in English a thousand years before it existed? Sometimes shorthand is easier than trying to find a language that was alive at the time.Or they were setting up a time-travelling spin-off show :P Good spot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyanidePie Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Because there are more people who speak Somalian than there are who speak Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Because there are more people who speak Somalian than there are who speak Latin. Somehow I doubt the show was attempting to appeal to it's wider Somali audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyanidePie Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I just meant that they were able to find someone who speaks Somalian easier than they could find someone who spoke Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I'm guessing they were trying to imply the medic was of a "mystic" bent and therefore wasn't speaking roman/english and they decided Somalian works well as a "chanting" language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbigski Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Clearly they wanted something exotic, but Dothraki hadn't been fully invented yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crom Dubh Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I just meant that they were able to find someone who speaks Somalian easier than they could find someone who spoke Latin. Since Latin still gets taught as an elective in secondary and post-secondary education in a lot of schools in the USA (and I believe at least parts of Europe still), I would't actually be sure about that one. Might actually be easier to find an actor who can read/speak Latin than one that speaks Somali. But yeah, probably the "I'm exotic, ooooh!" factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Somehow I doubt the show was attempting to appeal to it's wider Somali audience. A lot of Somalis in Italy. But with the Vatican and the Pope there, a lot of people who can at least orate latin . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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