I think the secret with Stella may have been introducing her later, rather than at the very beginning. It's hard enough to get a hold of main characters in the pilot -- figuring out the ambiguity and messed-up-edness of their relationships with former spouses is a bit much to ask.

Or, that could be the beer. The beer likes to type. I should go write fanfic.

Okay, I need to know, after reading it for months and months and months -- how does one pronounce "Teal'c"?

Tealk? Teal-cee? Teal[click]sss?

Okay, I need to know, after reading it for months and months and months -- how does one pronounce "Teal'c"?

Heh, heh. Well, you'll hear Tealk, and Tilk. I prefer Tealk.

ETA:

Teal[click]sss?

This is cracking me up.

I say "Tee-alk."

It's written just like it sounds.

It's written just like it sounds.

Yeah, like goa'uld.

goa'uld.

And how might one pronounce this?

Go-awled? Go-a-oooled?

Depends on which character you ask and how lazy they're feeling that day. Technically "go-ah-ooold", often just "gooold".

Occasionally an actor shoots for "go-ah-oold" and hits something like "goo-awld," or trips over their tongue, which is highly entertaining. Poor guest stars.

Occasionally an actor shoots for "go-ah-oold" and hits something like "goo-awld," or trips over their tongue, which is highly entertaining. Poor guest stars.

Heh. I like the variable pronunciations. It's the sort of thing that happens in real life, since different people have different abilities to hear and reproduce the nuances of another language.

Meanwhile, I'm contemplating committing fic. SG1-Discworld crossover. Yet another bunny to add to the overflowing hutch.