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Oooh, goody. I'm a night-owl anyway. I just hope I can understand it; I've heard it was going to be dubbed in French, among other languages...

Also I didn't read that whole script but I really, really want to smack the person that made Atom say "yo". :T I just... the urge is very strong. Why would you do this. Why.

Yo, I know.

That was very stupid, and stereo typical sounding.

Don't worry, I feel like smacking them too. Why yo?

I know; you should never say "yo" in any manner besides "casual" or "ironic". :T You sound like an ageing hipster otherwise.

Yo man I straight up hated that shizzle too, ya feel?
No but seriously, no one says that unless they're joking.

'Yo' might still be in use in Nigeria on a frequent casual basis, 'yo' in the United States might sound bizarre and dated but in other English-speaking nations it might be just be current and fitting for the character (it might not even have the same connotation as it did/does here). English, and languages for that matter are not static world-wide. There's a difference between ALL versions of English and French and Spanish and all other languages which are spoken in mass in different landmasses on our globe.

Of course this doesn't mean that this is the case, it could be that the writers had no idea what they were doing and were just trying to make him sound 'hip' and failed terribly - but this is just where my mind jumped to instead of reeling in contempt at the notion of Atom saying "yo". :T

This is what happens when your partner is a linguistics masters.

So, when will the show start? It's 10:48 pm where I am now.

"Earthshine" wrote:but this is just where my mind jumped to instead of reeling in contempt at the notion of Atom saying "yo". :T

I also had the same thought. It also seemed to me like that might just be filler "enthusiastic" dialog to test out a kid's voice for the auditions. Or it could also be for one scene where Astro must do a little dance (he does mention his "steps") and fails at it.

I'm telling you guys, ageing. Hipster. :T

Yeah I came back here for the link to the actual website itself; unless someone wants to record this for the rest of us, I'm going to have to try and see if that works better than YouTube’s live streaming. If not, well... then, I'm screwed, I guess. Big-time.

EDIT: sCREAMING BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FREAKING YOUTUBE PLAYER- THE EXACT SAME FRACKLING THING OMG i'm cry ;A;

Well Atom can be socially awkward at times.

I dunno guys, I use 'yo' unironically all the time, and last time I checked, I'm not an aging hipster. :I Hopefully the slang won't be too ridiculous, though.