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* "{{w|Grok}}" is a word from the 1961 {{w|Robert Anson Heinlein|Robert Heinlein}} novel {{w|Stranger in a Strange Land}}. | * "{{w|Grok}}" is a word from the 1961 {{w|Robert Anson Heinlein|Robert Heinlein}} novel {{w|Stranger in a Strange Land}}. | ||
* "Jive" is African American slang from the 1940s to the 70s. | * "Jive" is African American slang from the 1940s to the 70s. | ||
β | * "Me Hearties" is popular 'pirate speak', which purports to come from the {{w|Golden Age of Piracy}} (1650-1726) but was actually popularized by the 1950 film {{w|Treasure Island (1950 film)|''Treasure Island''}}, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same title | + | * "Me Hearties" is popular 'pirate speak', which purports to come from the {{w|Golden Age of Piracy}} (1650-1726) but was actually popularized by the 1950 film {{w|Treasure Island (1950 film)|''Treasure Island''}}, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same title. |
* "Ten-Four" is {{w|Ten-code|police code}} for "Yes" and was popular during the 1970s CB radio craze. | * "Ten-Four" is {{w|Ten-code|police code}} for "Yes" and was popular during the 1970s CB radio craze. | ||
β | Put together, the exchange roughly translates to "Do you truly understand what I'm saying, my friends?"/" | + | Put together, the exchange roughly translates to "Do you truly understand what I'm saying, my friends?"/"We understand!".) The characters also combine archaic weapons like a spear and a sword with a presumably modern handgun and a laptop, adding to the growing heap of anachronisms. |
[[Randall]]'s contention is that hundreds of years from now, people will make similar errors that we do today when depicting historical items and language. Modern movies, fiction, and other forms of media that depict history often confuse terms, items, and equipment that were in one place and time period and place them in another, but few people notice because to them, all of it fits under the very broad category of "old, historical things" - only those with an interest in history really notice or seem to care. Thus following this trend, in the future, things like laptop computers and "grok my jive" will seem just as historical and "old-timey" as a spear or the saying "Forsooth!", except to those who participate in such things like "Blogger Reenactment Festivals", as mentioned in the title text. | [[Randall]]'s contention is that hundreds of years from now, people will make similar errors that we do today when depicting historical items and language. Modern movies, fiction, and other forms of media that depict history often confuse terms, items, and equipment that were in one place and time period and place them in another, but few people notice because to them, all of it fits under the very broad category of "old, historical things" - only those with an interest in history really notice or seem to care. Thus following this trend, in the future, things like laptop computers and "grok my jive" will seem just as historical and "old-timey" as a spear or the saying "Forsooth!", except to those who participate in such things like "Blogger Reenactment Festivals", as mentioned in the title text. |