Re: OT<?>: Linguist Heros was Re: No pronoun, no article

JS Bangs wrote:
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> I read a book a while ago about a preternaturally gifted linguist who used
> his skills to learn an alien language and deliver Earth from the alien
> oppression. The title now eludes me, though.
Not sure, but the hero of the movie "Stargate" is a linguist. He learns
how to communicate with the slave-humans on the distant planet by the
usual movie-linguist "point-and-speak" method (apparently, the language
of the slaves is somehow only slightly different from ancient Egyptian).

I don't recommend seeing it, BTW. It's pretty awful. Pretty effects though.

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