Ferb

I like Ferb because he only speaks when it is absolutely necessary to, and in that way, he avoids making himself look like a complete idiot, especially in front of others. In addition, whenever Ferb speaks, he makes sure what he says makes sense. There are days in which I wish I could imitate Ferb in that way, as I have seen and heard many people say just stupid stuff in which they end up putting their foot in thier mouth not once or twice, but multiple times.......sometimes in one day!

Yup, that is what I meant. Ferb only speaking one or two lines during the show is better than him yapping away. In fact, I do enjoy the contrast in personalities between Phineas as an outgoing person, and Ferb as a man of few words, as it makes the interaction between the two intersting to watch.

Hmm.....don't know what to say to that. Since Ferb rarely speaks (save for a line or two in every episode) it is pertty hard to know what he is thinking also. For example, in "The Lake Nose Monster" one can only guess what Ferb was thinking when Phineas was smashing his camera on the ground. If Ferb could speak, he would probably express his anger at Phineas for destroying his camera. Some people would say that Ferb does not speak because he has a hard time expressing himself. I seriously beg to differ.

Roy42 wrote:Am I the only one who thinks Phineas and Ferb could have been at least 3-4 and I'm pretty sure that the geniuses could have been able to talk fluently by the time they were 2 even, especially since they were already standing up on their own.

Oh, good point. Now that I think about it, I could talk in fluent sentences when I was a year old, and I'm certainly not as smart as Ferb is.

BigNeerav wrote: Ferb's dad (Lawrence) still has a pretty strong British accent, even though it has been years since he married Linda and moved to the U.S. from Britian, and that would still have an influence on Ferb's ability to still keep his British acccent.

Hmm... I don't think that Lawrence's accent would still have an effect on Ferb's. That person I know I mentioned before has two parents with accents, and yet the fact that the majority of people around him have an American accent is enough to overwhelm that.

Just interesting to point out because I'm studying Linguistics and language acquisition for my exam tomorrow, and children at age 1 definitely cannot speak in fluent sentences (except for maybe some super-genius child). Between 12 and 18 months, most children are in the 1 word stage - where they are beginning to refer to objects and people by a certain sound - such as "baba" for bottle. By two years the average child is starting to construct two-word sentences. In this stage from two to three years, the ability to learn language grows at very different rates.

I worked with 3 year olds for quite a while a couple of years ago, and most of them could speak words and full sentences, but they were very hard to understand. Still others used very short sentences, and some barely spoke at all. Pretty sure 99.9% of 1 year olds can no-way speak fluently.

Off-topic and random, but any way to study for my exam and be somewhat contributing to the conversation is worth it in my eyes.

Well, eeemeee, what I am not sure is whether he might lose that British accent altogether, since he was born British. I was trying to see if possible that one's enviornment affects the person, including his or her accent, but that does not seem to be the case at all, it seems. For Ferb, I don't think it will happen, and will most likely keep his British accent like his dad. Ferb is pertty cool with his British accent when he speaks.

Yeah, I did mention Ferb's environment, but... it seems my post was deleted. And so was ITP's.

Erm, could somebody answer why? I'm pretty sure I didn't say anything wrong, I just responded to ITP about the speech age thing and Neerav about the relationship between Ferb's accent and parent's accent...?

So... I know everybody's all worked up about Ferb and Vanessa after "Chronicles of Meap", but aren't there other characters who'd be better with him?

Like...Phineas? (I think I'm actually starting to support that now. Someone, someone snap me back into my senses.)

Well... certainly an interesting theory... I've never really thought about it, but then, I suppose you have to consider every option.

Gotta agree with Roy. Ferb's awesome just as he is.

I really couldn't see ferb in a relationship....he can just lead a normal happy life (quoted! im so proud) without being paired up

I also have to agree with what Roy said. Some things are best in thier original state and ferb by himself is definitely an example of this.

As an interesting note: I can't recall Ferb ever calling anyone in the show by name, not even Phineas. Anyone else notice this?

I'm trying to work on a fanfic where Phineas gets a sore throat, and Ferb has to do all the talking for a day. Can you imagine?

1. I definately will when I have it written, or at least part of it.

2. Thanks, I stand corrected.

Well i think he says Perry's name a lot...if you count Perry being a person to refer to

Anybody seen the preview for tomorrow night's episode in which Ferb is all "We do it for the ladies! Rawr!"

Hahahaha, I can't help LOL'ing every time I see it! I think Ferb's character is beginning to grow on me. XD I can't wait to see that line used in context.

Whatwhatwhatwhutwhutwhutwhutwhutwhut?!

I haven't seen that preview. But if Ferb is saying "Rawr!", I already know it's gonna be awesome.

Does this count as Ferb, ah, 'discussion'?

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