oook?

[Bouncy Castle]

Wow. Your English is very good indeed.

 

[poohcarrot]

...and Bouncy, yours is crap! Have you been reading the Mail again?

And where's my 12 mill?

 

[deldaisy]

Welcome to the site matrim

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well

So the Librarian is actually Dutch

I know that 'vader' means 'father' in Dutch.

Darth Vader's revelation in Empire Strikes Back must have come as no surprise at all to Dutch filmgoers.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I invested it in a factory that makes chocolate teapots.

 

[poohcarrot]

 

[matrim]

Thanks Bouncy Csatle. I'm not bold enough to say I have a good command of English. For example, in reading DW novels, I can get the plot all right but miss many subtleties of the text and some illusions. So I may have some questions for you in the future.

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Welcome to the site matrim

Ook is actually Dutch for too or as well

So the Librarian is actually Dutch

I know that 'vader' means 'father' in Dutch.

Darth Vader's revelation in Empire Strikes Back must have come as no surprise at all to Dutch filmgoers.

It´s true!

 

[deldaisy]

Thanks Bouncy Csatle. I'm not bold enough to say I have a good command of English. For example, in reading DW novels, I can get the plot all right but miss many subtleties of the text and some illusions. So I may have some questions for you in the future.

Ask her how to "Murder a cuppa tea right now!"
She could make you one with her chocolate teapot!

(can't wait for this explanation)

 

[poohcarrot]

Terry Pratchett has on several occaisions, in several books, used the phrase "As useful as a chocolate teapot".

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Chocolate teapots are very useful - for eating with your afternoon tea and bikkies

What - you're still using teapots to MAKE tea?!!!!! How retro of you - I've been using a teabag, cup and kettle to make mine for years... 8)

 

[matrim]

Good ones. "Murder a cup of tea" means someone's really thirsty? "As useful as chocolate teapot" refers to something which is not useful at all?

Happy to meet you all. Got to go off-line. See you!

 

[deldaisy]

Terry Pratchett has on several occaisions, in several books, used the phrase "As useful as a chocolate teapot".

Use it all the time myself. Sometimes several times a day......

 

[ShadowNinjaCat]

Welcome matrim

 

[Ioustina]

This is a very interesting question !
I really thought that "Oook" was a mispronunciation of "ok"

 

[MongoGutman]

ook is just the sound that orang utans make, the context is clear. When characters sometimes correctly interpret the meaning of the librarian's "ook" it is simply evidence of thought transference brought about by the librarians inhabiting an area of high thaumatic background energy. Obviously.

 

[matrim]

ook is just the sound that orang utans make, the context is clear. When characters sometimes correctly interpret the meaning of the librarian's "ook" it is simply evidence of thought transference brought about by the librarians inhabiting an area of high thaumatic background energy. Obviously.

I think as such, but since I can't force others to share my view or get them convinced, I'll just leave it as it is.

 

[MongoGutman]

I think as such, but since I can't force others to share my view or get them convinced, I'll just leave it as it is.

"Just leave it as it is?" What sort of wizardly thinking is that? Poke it with a stick!

 

[matrim]

I think as such, but since I can't force others to share my view or get them convinced, I'll just leave it as it is.

"Just leave it as it is?" What sort of wizardly thinking is that? Poke it with a stick!

The reasoning is something like this:
1. The librarian is a human being with the appearance of an orangutan, so it's justifiable for him to speak in human langauge, i.e. ok.
2. Oook looks pretty much like the mispronunciation of ok.
3. So what the librarian really says is "ok".

 

[mystmoon]

but surely in context it makes no sense for him to say "ok" all the time?

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

I think there are visual and body language signifiers involved in there too - like when he's trying to screw someone's head off for saying for the M-word...

Plus he doesn't just ooook - he eeeeks too