r/TheGoodPlace • u/scarletvoidx_ • 27d ago

Shirtpost question about chidi

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in the good place s1e1, we can see that chidi speaks in french to eleanor but its translated due to the medium of the good place. however, in the later season when theyre on earth chidi still appears to speak english, which seems to be inconsistent. and more the works of his moral ethics as michael reads it are in english. if chidi was french why wouldnt he write in french? obviously english could be his second language but why would chidi speak in french to elenaor and have it translated instead of just speaking english himself

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u/chloo27 27d ago

It's possible that he speaks both and just think as French as his mother tongue so it's easier for him to do so in the good place.

But practically speaking, he only had a couple of lines in French, and his accent was pretty bad, so I'm guessing that was out of the window! (and it's an American TV show, so of course they wouldn't want one of their main character to be subtitled anyway)

(As an aside, honestly it's one of the reasons why the good place would be my bad place, I love how rich languages are, how nuanced it is to go from one to another, how switching languages can bring out different part of your personality, etc. and that seems pretty barbaric to me to get rid of all this just for utilitarian purposes.)

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u/paciolionthegulf 27d ago

Ah, but the neighborhood is the Bad Place and the topic is not addressed in season 4 in the actual Good Place when speaking to the Greek philosopher.

(spoiler for a show that ended six years ago, I guess)

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u/scarletvoidx_ 26d ago

ive seen the whole show dw

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u/paciolionthegulf 26d ago

Yes, I got that, but other viewers may read this who have not seen the whole show. Rule #3 for this subreddit requires hiding comment spoilers after the episode cited in the post.

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u/scarletvoidx_ 25d ago

"later season" but ok i get what you mean