• wraekscadu@vargar.org
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    Ehh honestly, can’t something as powerful and as long lived as Satan just… Know all spoken languages?

    Imagine Satan trying to seduce you, but unable to buy your soul because he can’t speak your language fluently. Would be a funny setup, but kinda lame

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      Satan: vende mihi animam tuam pro maximo desiderio

      Me: what’s this about my verandah?

      Satan: vende mihi animam tuam pro maximo desiderio

      Me: Sorry, I… I got to get going, I got an appointment, hope you get help with whatever the fuck you need.

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      Well, for the Western world, classical Latin has a kind of mystique or vibe that other languages don’t. People fear the grammar and classical pronunciation is just different enough (all c’s are pronounced as “k”) to make it sound familiar and foreign.

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      Most versions I’ve seen in TV and movies can.
      I’d assume all celestials can speak all languages ever created.

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          I’m not sure of your reasoning. But I’ll provide two ideas that may make you feel better and/or worse about it.

          1. It wouldn’t be their first language.
          2. They’d speak it as well as if it were.
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            Both are much worse. I can forgive the French. They merely lost the birth lottery. It isn’t thier fault they were born French. To learn it? Intentionally?

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          I enjoy the language despite butchering it every time, and I especially enjoy the French countryside. Pretty damn forgiving of a terrible accent, and with a smile.

          Its Parisians that usually piss me off.