Talk:People's Republic of America Radio

Location?
I came across this signal while being in an area close to the Citadel. What's up with that?--MercZ 08:38, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Do they actually say peoples, or is it just people? (I'd like to know since i'm trying to root out grammar errors, typos and such.) Echo11
 * Are you referring to "All peace-loving peoples must join together to stop the war of aggression being waged by the Wall Street gang. "? Peoples is actually correct there (in the sense of nations). // Porter21 U 21:39, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

If you listen...the woman speaking is foreign....that's probably just how she speaks...! It's no mistake....it's actually the opposite and kinda clever!! :)

I don't suppose it should be mentioned that she clearly says "Peace-roving" and "Araskan front" 204.10.127.119 03:55, December 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * That's weird. Mandarin Chinese speakers don't normally have trouble with the English "r" sound. That's more a Japanese trait.

Patch?
Just curious - does it sound like they updated the sound files in a patch to make them less stereotypical? I'm on my second playthrough, and it sounds like it might have been "sanitized..." 24.94.61.142 05:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

How so? I still hear things about the "wahr stleet gahng." 68.15.85.39 03:47, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

So true
Although it's just a game, and woman's accent is stereotypical, the words are very true.
 * What about it is true, unsigned user? --FEVDipped 15:25, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Just about everything. The only time war was for a noble cause was World War One and Two, the others are just petty little skirmishes for resources or to line the pockets of arms manufacturers.
 * World War I was not a noble cause... The European nations fought over an assassination that happened months before the war even started (the tangled alliances basically caused the wa and the Lusitania was filled with stockpiles of ammunition from the united States for the British all the while selling to the Germans as well). You are right though, World War II was a noble war to fight against the Nazis, however. Ah, this isn't a forum Though. 98.198.83.12 08:32, September 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * No war is noble, get that into your pretty head. Even more so considering that the European TOW was won primarily by the Soviets, not Western Allies. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 08:47, September 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Not to mention the American troops coming to "free Europe" rather blew up whole towns than risking their own lives. - Redmess 18:56, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

if it wasn't for the american troops your sorry ass would probably be speaking german. plenty of americans died, and you're a retard if you think what you typed there. by now though this won't even be read by you. you're on some corner somewhere smoking crack and sucking to get it... we all know it

Tokyo Rose
Why's the article mention Tokyo Rose? She was an urban legend. No broadcaster, including Iva Toguri, broadcast under that moniker during World War Two, the GIs just adopted it as a generic name for the half dozen or so english-speaking propagandists. 70.75.169.248 03:22, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * How could it be an "urban legend" and also a generic name for a half-dozen propagandists? This is a popularly accepted term. See WikipAAedia for more information. --70.143.54.203 15:23, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The placement alongside actual people, like Axis Sally, Hanoi Hannah and so on implies she was a real person. The urban legend is that Tokyo Rose was an actual person, which is false. As the link that you yourself posted points out, the actual moniker used by Iva Toguri was Orphan Ann. 70.72.172.87 09:38, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Engrish Complaints
I'm moderating the claim that L/R ambiguity is a 'distinctly Japanese linguistic trait'. Firstly, many Asiatic languages (including a number of dialects of Chinese) don't train speakers to correctly pronounce the variations of L and R found in English. Furthermore, while Mandarin speakers shouldn't suffer the difficulties in at least differentiating 'R' and 'L' sounds, there are other problems involving the correct spelling and reading of English words by those Mandarin speakers accustomed to Pinyin. 86.152.240.159 02:14, October 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * The "r" sound in English and Mandarin Chinese is essentially identical and is shared by very few other languages. The technical term for it is retroflex approximant.


 * The "l" sound in English and Mandarin Chinese is essentially identical. The technical term for it is alveolar lateral approximant.


 * I've spent most of my working life teaching English to Chinese people, sometimes in North America, sometimes in Taiwan or the Mainland. To the best of my recollection, I have never once heard a Chinese person, whether they spoke Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Shanghai dialect, or Hakka, mess up the l/r distinction in the way that you describe. Except perhaps in a Charlie Chan movie.

Static being bombs?
The article now states that the static at the end of the message is caused by the bombs. How can you be sure of this? I find it not nearly as convincing as the recordings made in the Dunwich building. - Redmess 09:49, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * I will take it out. It seems to be speculation. KingArmery 05:08, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

Morse in the end?
I have been walking around the Citadel picking this signal and there seems to be audio that is similar to more code after she finishes talking in the end segment?