yodas_waiter posted:HAN: Wait. I can't see, pal. What's goin' on? Chewie barks an excited blue streak. What Chewie says: I have no idea. I was hoping would HAN: Luke? Luke's crazy. He can't even take care of himself, much less rescue anybody. Chewie barks a reply. What Chewie says: Whaaaaaaaa? HAN: A...Jedi Knight? I--I'm out of it for a little while, everybody gets delusions of grandeur. Chewie growls insistently. He holds Han to his chest and pets his head. What Chewie says: Oh no. You're absolutly raving! I better take care of you Han Solo: Now don't get jittery, Luke. There are a lot of command ships. Keep your distance, though, Chewie, but don't look like you're trying to keeping your distance. [Chewie barks a question] What Chewie says: I'll fly casual. Is that ok? Han Solo: I don't know. Fly casual.
therufus posted:How does one learn the African Click language? Or binary? Or German?
General_BlackLegion posted: ...how does that explain that Anakin Skywalker could build C-3PO to understand Chewie as well??? C-3PO is a translator and he is programmed by someone that must be fluent with the Wookiee language so in that case, it is perfectly understandable that people can understand Wookiees.
Palp_Faction posted:I could understand what my dog was telling me when she was alive. Same thing.
rsterling78 posted:If I hear someone speak Chinese, a language I don't understand, I won't know what is being said. But I will be able to recognize syllabification. I may not understand the content of what is being said, but I will recognize that a sequence of different and distinct sounds are forming words and sentences. When Chewbacca speaks, I don't hear anything that sounds like a coherent language: Han Solo: ”Chewie? Chewie, is that you?” Chewbacca: "Grrrwwwrr!" Han Solo: ”Ch-Chewie! I can’t see, pal. What’s going on?” Chewbacca: "Grrrwwwrr!" Han Solo: ”Luke? Luke’s crazy! He can’t even take care of himself, much less rescue anybody.” Chewbacca: "Grrrwwwrr!" Han Solo: ”A Jedi Knight? Jeez, I’m out of it for a little while, everyone gets delusions of grandeur!” Sorry, Han, I'm not buying that you're understanding one word of what Chewie is saying. In fact, I'm not buying that Chewie is saying anything at all. By the way, where did you get the word "Jeez"? That's a somewhat politer form of the exclamation "Jesus!". How would you know that? But I digress... Allegedly, the wookie language is called "Shyriiwook". Hey, I wonder what the wookie word for "Shyriiwook" is? I'm guessing it's "Grrrwwwrr!". According to the link, here's a Basic sentence and the Shyriiwook translation: He says he's a Jedi Knight now. Rowr ahragh awf ahraroww rowh rohngr grgrff rf rf. Whatever. I guess I'm just a skeptic. Or as a wookie would phrase it, "Grrrwwwrr!".
eht13 posted:Grrrwwwrr!
yodas_waiter posted:Here's my personal theory
