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O_o; Yanno, in the Ultimate X Men ( I've only read what's online, because I'm cheap 9_9; ) there's little of Nightcrawler so far...But uh, anyhow, he's only speaking German o_o Anyone every wonder how he would learn English in that series, if he ever came back?

Just in general, how'd he learn it at all? If he grew up travelling around Southern Germany ( I assume ) until...he was an adult ( ? ) when does he have time to learn it? Were there English members in the troupe?
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i don't have idea
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you called? :D

in Ultimate, I dunno how he will learn it. he's gonna have to tho :p unless he is working on his english skills right now, he will probably learn the same way he did in the 616 books which was....

in Giant Sized X-Men #1 Xavier recruited mutants from across the globe, from Russia, to Africa to Japan to Germany. many of them spoke different languages, so he telepathically taught them all english.
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That sounds like just the quick cop-out that Millar would write in to explain how Kurt suddenly knows English.

He'd have a harder time trying to explain why Xavier or Jean DIDN'T do it. :D
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Originally posted by Crawler
That sounds like just the quick cop-out that Millar would write in to explain how Kurt suddenly knows English.

He'd have a harder time trying to explain why Xavier or Jean DIDN'T do it. :D
one of the marvel mysteries...I always wondering about...but i guess the orginal Kurt did know some english before because it much around here. And in a circus? why not lots of them got members of other countries. I want some telepatic teach too...sniff :surprise::P
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Post by Slarti »

It would make the most sense for Xavier or Jean to telepathically teach him. It doesn't seem like a cop out to me -- it seems like effecient and logical storytelling. After all, it's not important HOW he learns, just that he DOES so the story can continue smoothly. *shrug*
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I think he also learned some from watching those old Errol Flynn movies...
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I think Xavier would give a telepathic German crash course to the others first as to make at Kurt at ease.
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but wouldn't it be easier for her just to teach Nighty English? After all he's just one person, and they are in America so he'll probably be needing English a lot more often than any of the others will be needing German.
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Post by jogurt »

Originally posted by Nandireya
I think he also learned some from watching those old Errol Flynn movies...
Üm, they are translated here...but a good Idea...
(*starts looking a looooot of Errol Flynn movies....in english)
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...he's about the only teenage German who DOESN'T speak at least a little English...
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