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Meet the UC Berkeley Grad Who Created the Dothraki Language for 'Game of Thrones'
NBC Bay Area ^ | 5/17 | Lisa Fernandez

Posted on 05/17/2016 11:08:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/17/2016 11:08:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Just when I was starting to get fluent in conversational Klingon.


2 posted on 05/17/2016 11:10:23 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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The languages are cool but good delivery is essential.

Emilia Clarke’s speeches at the sacking of Astapor and the siege of Meereen (both in Valyrian, I believe) are really great performances.


3 posted on 05/17/2016 11:18:02 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Nation States seem to be ending. The follow-on should not be Globalism, but Localism.)
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Another great performance in Sunday’s episode. And she didn’t have to say a word.


4 posted on 05/17/2016 11:26:51 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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Another great performance in Sunday’s episode. And she didn’t have to say a word.

Nerds are in an uproar because she is not supposed to actually be fireproof, her coming off the funeral pyre with hatched dragons in season 1 was a one-off miracle per the books.

5 posted on 05/17/2016 11:32:07 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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Those crazy Dothraki have a different word for everything


6 posted on 05/17/2016 11:39:16 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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I want to know how the Dothraki got those dirt floors to be so flammable. That fire shot across the floor faster than any spilled oil could burn. They must polish those thick wooden walls with gasoline too.


7 posted on 05/17/2016 11:39:31 AM PDT by GregoTX
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Yeah SOIAF nerds are upset but the rest of the viewing public thought it was freaking awesome :-)


8 posted on 05/17/2016 11:42:07 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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How do you know the first wasn’t added later as a special effect?


9 posted on 05/17/2016 11:42:35 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Bet he gets laid a lot./s


10 posted on 05/17/2016 11:46:23 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Snickering Hound

Maybe, but the show has strayed pretty far from the books. Remember the book series is called “A Song of Ice and Fire”.

Martin has claimed there are two additional books, one he is in the process of writing and one after. He is also a consultant on the show. Maybe Daenerys has the ability to resist fire. This would counter the Ice King. Remember the only thing that kills white walkers is dragon glass and Valryana steel. Just so happens she is Valeyan and is the mother of dragons.


11 posted on 05/17/2016 11:49:46 AM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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Do mothers of dragons get maternity leave?


12 posted on 05/17/2016 11:53:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Obviously, the Dothraki are metaphorical representations of muzzies, meaning that "Game of Thrones" is Islamophobic. /sarc Thanks nickcarraway.

13 posted on 05/17/2016 11:53:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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I had assumed some flammable substance had been spread beforehand, perhaps by the young dosh khaleen she befriended.


14 posted on 05/17/2016 12:18:52 PM PDT by needmorePaine
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ahhhhh haah.... good thinking


15 posted on 05/17/2016 12:43:03 PM PDT by GregoTX
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Holy sh!t! You mean to tell me movies/TVs, based off print material, isn’t 1:1 to the source?! /s

She can come outta ANY fire...directly to, I mean AT, me /2x-s


16 posted on 05/17/2016 12:54:51 PM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: GregoTX
ahhhhh haah.... good thinking

The show doesn't really make it clear though. It could just be whatever was in the lamps she pushed over was enough to set the structure aflame. There was obvious pre-planning since the door was barred, so I guess it's not ridiculous to assume something was added to feed the fire.
17 posted on 05/17/2016 1:51:40 PM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: Snickering Hound
her coming off the funeral pyre with hatched dragons in season 1 was a one-off miracle per the books.

Said nerds should be painfully aware that the series on HBO has gone way off from the books as early as Season 5...or more.

18 posted on 05/17/2016 4:01:10 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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Depends. Since she didnt actually lay the dragon eggs she might not be able to. However, if she identifies as a dragon and she legally adopts the dragons, then she would legally be the dragons’ mother.


19 posted on 05/17/2016 4:58:36 PM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Snickering Hound
Nerds are in an uproar because she is not supposed to actually be fireproof, her coming off the funeral pyre with hatched dragons in season 1 was a one-off miracle per the books.

Actually, some of the Targaryens had a flame-proof thing going.

20 posted on 05/18/2016 4:17:38 PM PDT by kiryandil (To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
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