Dreadmallon 353 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Since it's not Earth, and there's no England, ponies should have their own language. Unless perhaps the whole show translates all speech. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Böser 40 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Logic has no place in cartoons. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daring Do 195 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Well, maybe it is just a translation, for the convenience of human viewers? They COULD speak a different language, but we will probably never find out. The probability that they ACTUALLY DO speak English is almost zero, BUT it is still possible! Those are my only two theories for explaining it, although if the second one was more probable I would have stuck with it more than the first. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendermane 474 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Possibility 1: It's being translated for us. Maybe their actual language is closer to horses. Possibility 2: This is a possible future of our world, and they learned our language. Possibility 3: This is a world parallel to ours, and just evolved a vary similar language. There are many other versions of Equestria, many with different languages. Do we really need this thread? It's a cartoon.. Do we really need any of these threads? What's the harm? Besides, it's fun to wonder about these things. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian Jones 2,653 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 This thread seems like over thinking it. The argument for a a crutch. Ponies speak English for our convenience. A discussion like this makes a lot more sense in Sci-Fi shows like Stargate. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envoy-in-exile 101 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Possibility 1: It's being translated for us The most logical one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosefullaeggs 543 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Is this what you want? Is it? 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envoy-in-exile 101 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 http-~~-//www.youtube.c...h?v=Ars_I3kzOAw Is this what you want? Is it? We need more of such vids, especially for famous scenes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicke 3,187 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 1: Its created in USA. 2: Is a cartoon 3:They are the ponies we have today but they have destroyed the human kind and learn the english langueage from books. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ice Dragon 16 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 They speak english for the same reason that every alien in Star Trek and Stargate speak english: We speak english and on the whole dont like to read television. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTSN 1,444 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Ponies speak english because if they didn't we wouldn't understand them and then there wouldn't be bronies and the world would be a dark, hateful place! We need our ponies! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Misty 653 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 I read a fanfic that english humans used to rule over the ponies, and they forced the ponies to learn English, after the ponies killed the humans they carried on with using english. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluttershy the Scout 6 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 English is becoming a universal language and it would make sense? IDK good question though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyh3 153 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 There might be an England either in or outside of Equestria. Remeber that in Suited For Success, Fluttershy was complaining that her dress was not "true French horte corture", which means that there has to be a France, or at least French influences in society. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrOphthalmos 497 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 http-~~-//www.youtube.c...h?v=Ars_I3kzOAw Is this what you want? Is it? I do not think I have ever laughed as hard at a post made here as I have this one. I am laughing so much it hurts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aureity 3,055 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Be glad they speak in English. The popularity of a show hinges on the viewer's ability to know what the hay is going on. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosefullaeggs 543 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 I do not think I have ever laughed as hard at a post made here as I have this one. I am laughing so much it hurts! neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pony Joe 582 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 It's because shut up. Shut up is why. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiance64 7,051 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Because they're dubbed that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycindyhoney 13,283 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 This is a silly thread. How would they have them speak a different language then English? Would they subtitle the episodes? It's produced for an English speaking market, so of course it will be in English. Sheesh! It's a cartoon! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eenohay 318 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ars_I3kzOAw Is this what you want? Is it? Oh my, now I can't unsee that! Ponies actually speak like that and theya re just dubbed in english! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Diamond 7,564 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 It's probably an offshoot of this trope. I wish I could find one which is more specific to MLP: FiM, since they aren't aliens (although they would be quite alien for our purposes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadefire 2,796 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 (edited) They're actually speaking untranslated Poniese. It's just coincidence that it happens to sound exactly like english. Edited March 4, 2012 by Jadefire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/mlp/ 106 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 Theres a VERY simple answer for this, its Dubbed from there language to ours by the great Gods of Hasbro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponyvangelist 732 March 4, 2012 Share March 4, 2012 (edited) Actually, they speak German... http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXjizYPm08A Of course, we all know the real truth. The episodes we see are translated from the original Ponese to the language of the audience. Thus viewers in English-speaking countries see them speaking English, when in fact they're speaking Ponese. It's also worth noting that things like signs and letters which appear in the show are in Ponese, and are not translated. Interestingly, written Ponese looks suspiciously like like English, but obscured. Edited March 4, 2012 by ponyvangelist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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