Speaking Kerbalese

[KAL 9000]

I know it's backwards Spanish, but how on Kerbin could the Kerbals develop this with no contact with Earth/Mexico/Spain?

Edited December 1, 2015 by KAL 9000

[Gaarst]

Reversing recorded samples from the devteam was easier than inventing a whole new language.

You might also wonder why a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, everyone spoke english besides some alien races (oh, and there were humans too).

[Guest]

I don't know about you, but that continent the KSC is on kind of looks like South America. And since Kerbin is an analog to Earth, it makes sense they would develop a similar language.

 

acirémaduS?

[worir4]

The devs are actually kerbals. They brought kerbal language to Earth long ago. Early Spanish people adapted Kerbal language into what is now known as Spanish.

[steuben]

maybe reversed Spanish is an optimal, either local or global in the calculus sense, language and gradually all space faring races converge towards it. given the nature of kerbals i'm not too surprised that they optimized language before ... other things.

[Venusgate]

3 hours ago, spink00 said:

I don't know about you, but that continent the KSC is on kind of looks like South America. And since Kerbin is an analog to Earth, it makes sense they would develop a similar language.

 

acirémaduS?

Africa...

[Curveball Anders]

14 hours ago, Venusgate said:

Africa...

Shh, it's a secret.
Not many knows, or rather accepts, that the spacefaring Kerbals came from planet Acirfa.

 

[severedsolo]

 

20 hours ago, spink00 said:

I don't know about you, but that continent the KSC is on kind of looks like South America. And since Kerbin is an analog to Earth, it makes sense they would develop a similar language.

Except that the language of South America was brought by Spanish invaders. KSC looks nothing like Spain.

[Dafni]

20 hours ago, spink00 said:

I don't know about you, but that continent the KSC is on kind of looks like South America. And since Kerbin is an analog to Earth, it makes sense they would develop a similar language.

 

acirémaduS?

Yeah, but the spanish language was "developed" in Spain. Just saying.

 

oops, sorry severedsolo, did not see your reply

Edited December 2, 2015 by Dafni

[Guest]

54 minutes ago, Dafni said:

Yeah, but the spanish language was "developed" in Spain. Just saying.

 

1 hour ago, severedsolo said:

Except that the language of South America was brought by Spanish invaders. KSC looks nothing like Spain.

You guys are arguing with a man who thinks that languages are developed based on the shape of a continent. Be careful.

[GoSlash27]

Kerbalese is not reversed Spanish. Spanish is reversed Kerbalese!

And FWIW, Spanish, like most Western languages, is really just a local dialect of Latin. The KSC home continent looks nothing like Italy.

Best,

-Slashy

Edited December 3, 2015 by GoSlash27

[steuben]

34 minutes ago, GoSlash27 said:

And FWIW, Spanish, like most Western languages, is really just a local dialect of Latin. The KSC home continent looks nothing like Italy.

 

more like a third. teutonic and what ever the parent of Russian is balance the rest.

[swjr-swis]

On 12/1/2015, 4:17:51, KAL 9000 said:

I know it's backwards Spanish, but how on Kerbin could the Kerbals develop this with no contact with Earth/Mexico/Spain?

Likely it's the other way around. Kerbals have been visiting Earth for centuries now. Maybe millennia. Who but Kerbals would even consider routinely flying aerodynamically and graviationally unfeasible designs that defy all known laws of physics (a.k.a. just about every U.F.O. ever 'sighted')?

Edited December 3, 2015 by swjr-swis
because spellspasm

[Foxster]

The same kind of dinosaur fossils are found in southern Spain and Mexico, explained by continental drift (or pre-historic space flight). Here is one discovered recently:

Edited December 3, 2015 by Foxster

[Jovus]

Actually, it's a translation. Real 'Kerbali' sounds nothing like what we hear the Kerbals say, and the translator chose backward Spanish to preserve the 'feel' and 'sense' of their utterances.

 

"But," you say, "that doesn't make sense! Translations should be sensible, not gobbledegook!"

 

No. Translations should reflect the source material. And here we have the secret of KSC: the Kerbals are all just screwing with each other by using their own form of an obtuse Pig Latin whose only real use is telling jokes, insults, and confusing the listener.

 

What Kerbals who aren't doing this sound like, nobody knows. First you'd have to find one not affiliated with the Kerbal Space Program. Rumour has it there's a settlement at the deepest point of Kerbin's ocean...

[arsenal3185]

On 12/1/2015, 9:53:20, worir4 said:

The devs are actually kerbals. They brought kerbal language to Earth long ago. Early Spanish people adapted Kerbal language into what is now known as Spanish.

Next time on Ancient Aliens