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English speaking worlds

I know it's just tv, and to help the story along it is important for us to understand what is going on, but how is it that humans on other planets just happened to develope the same language as the English?

Star Trek explains english speaking aliens away using the universal translators, but that isn't a possibility on SG-1. I know this has probably been asked before, but I'm curious.

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Well humans originally came from Earth so it is possible that they thought alike and the language just developed itself from there.
All of the English languages that SG-1 encounter aren't entirely the same. They have different terms for different things.

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Handiness, both for the writers and the viewers.

Old thread about it here that might offer more information.

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Well humans originally came from Earth so it is possible that they thought alike and the language just developed itself from there.
All of the English languages that SG-1 encounter aren't entirely the same. They have different terms for different things.

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They're not really all speaking English, but they could easily bridge the language barrier by using the reference of a common language between them to "learn" English.

Most, if not all, human worlds seeded out among the stars were done so by the Goa'uld. Logically, this put those people into contact with the Goa'uld language. They are likely to have some record or cultural memory of the language of the Goa'uld, and for five seasons SG-1 had two members who were fluent in that language.

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but that doesn't explain why jack and sma were able to communicate with them. And wouldn't certain goa'uld have different languages that they would teach their people? like Yu would speak chinese?

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