Here's a question, has anyone ever worked out what kree actually means?

Everytime someone says it, the jaffa usually do something completely different to every other time it's said. Is it all in the intonation?

We've had kree to mean (amongst other things) attack, stand guard, we're under attack, come with me, put on a tutu and cook an omlette (sorry, that was a deleted scene from the penguin goa'uld episode ;)).

From Season 3’s Point of View:

DANIEL: Well, actually it means a lot of things. Loosely translated it means attention, listen up, concentrate...
JACK: Yoo-hoo?
DANIEL: Yes, in a manner of speaking.

But as you say, Chris, it seems to mean a heck of a lot more than that, and I’ve never understood how any Jaffa who’s told to “Kree” actually knows what to do!

Maybe its like in the chinese language, where differences in meaning are indicated by tone structure change? The jaffas (maybe because of their symbiont??) are used to it and can differentiate; Humans aren't used to it and can't hear it. (or some of the sounds are outside a human's range of hearing).

Peppy theme music starts, and a beefy fellow with eye shadow in front of a calming blue backdrop smiles at the camera.

"Hello, and welcome to Goa'uld and You. I'm your host, Lord Zipacna. Lesson One: Jaffa commands."

The camera angle changes, and Zipacna turns to face it. Next to him appears a word in Goa'uld.

"Kree. Attention. Kree. Attention."

The same word appears, in a different color.

"KRee. Halt. KRee. Halt."

And again.

"KrEE. Kill them. KrEE. Kill them."

Born kree
as kree as the wind blows
as kree as the grass grows
when you're born kree

"KReee. Deploy the death gliders. KReee. Deploy the death gliders."

"krrrEE. Fetch my makeup case. krrrEE. Fetch my makeup case."

"KREEE. And I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you meddling Tauri! KREEE. And I would've..."

K-ree. Get me a spicy Indian meal. K-ree. Get me a spicy Indian meal.

"Kree". Stomp along a hallway without looking to the left or right when there are intruders about. "Kree". Stomp along a hallway without looking to the left or right when there are intruders about.

"KEREE. Take those ridiculous helmets off. KEREE. Take those ridiculous helmets off."

Krey. You are no longer First Prime. Krey. You are no longer First Prime.

Kwee. Stop making fun of my lisp. Kwee. Stop making fun of my lisp.

Teal'c dressed as William Wallace, shouting "KREE-DOM!"

Sorry,

K'ree: Watch this show or we'll cancel it.

If a Goa'uld shouted "Kree!" in a forest and there were no Jaffa around to obey did he really shout "Kree!"?

How many Krees can stand on the head of a pin?

Kree of them.

Let's hope that the Skrull (The Archenemy's of the Kree in the Marvel Comics) don't turn up, otherwise...

Daniel, Jacob etc. undercover as a Goa'uld System Lord: Jaffa, KREE!
(Horde of Jaffa stops marching, all stand on one leg, wave their staff weapons in a complex morris dancing pattern and then dance the bolero)
Daniel/Jacob: D8mn! OK - K'REE?

Peppy TV Commercial Music

Hi, I'm Jeff the Jaffa, here to talk to you about Goa'uld Burger, home of the finest food from here to Abydos. Has the quality of your favorite fries gone down the wormhole? Come on down, and try our great Kreedom Fries! Handsliced and fried in only the finest naquadria, these Kreedom Fries will send you to the moon! Try them with our Double Goa'uld Kreeseburger and a System Lord Shake for only 4.95! Stop by today, our Gate-Through Window's always open late!

You forgot to put "KREE!" at the end of the commercial!

Apparently the Tok'ra use the term as well. See The Tok'ra, Part II, when Jack exposes Kordesh, for an example.

That'll be:

Kureee! You are a filthy Goa'uld spy. Kureee! You are ...

I thought it was
Kooree! You are a Goa'uld spy and I claim my ten pounds!

KreeEE! The Son of Jor-El will kneel before Zod! KreeEE! The Son of Jor-El will kneel before Zod!

K - k - k - k - k - kree!!

(Translation: I am a miserly shop owner in Balby, South Yorkshire, and I want my assistant who looks suspiciously like Del Boy to stop eyeing the ladies)

Well! Here I thought this was a family-friendly website, but then I see the title of this board and I am shocked! Shocked that you would tell Nitpickers to do... that!

I am just going to have to ban my little Billy from coming to NitCentral if that is the kind of language that you consider appropriate! Hmph!

Overly Concerned Parent, KREE!

Kree-ing vas inwented in Russia!

Sorry, to tell you Pavel, but Kree-ing was invented by "a little old lady from Kiev ", & as such "Kree-ing", is Ukranian in origin !
Yours, Dr S****d

Re:Thande's comment
Surely you mean "Looks like "Del Boy" but sounds like "Dangermouse" to stop eyeing Nurse Gladys, the love of my life ", Thande...?

Or Count Duckula, of course.

Stop press: McVitie's have just released a commemorative version of their best-known product (the one with the smashing orangey bit). In order to commemorate the struggles of the Native American Indians, they have been named after one of the most prominent tribes.

Three guesses what the product is called?

That's right:

Jaffa Cree!

Re:Thade's Friday Comment
Dangermouse: (Heroic Mouse Secret Agent)
Good Grief, Penfold...!
Count Duckula's held the Narrator for ransom !.
And his ransom demand is a starring role in the Animated Version,
of "Wormhole X-Treme", whatever that is...?
Penfold (Dangermouse's cowardly Assistant):
Ooer, crumbs, DM...

Now presenting the Adventures of Jack O'Neill, World-saver Extraordinaire, and his sidekick Daniel Jackson, third runner up in the Daniel Jackson lookalike competition!

Re:Last comment
Who did win the Daniel Jackson "Looklike" comp, then...?
Personally, My money's was on James Spader, although Daniel Shanks would come a close second...

Is Daniel Shanks the brother of Michael Shanks?

Now sturggling to get this board back on topic. ;-)

CREE! Close enough.

Kree..Mr Shifter. Anybody for light refreshments...?
Well, I'll have a nice cup of rosy Kree!, & do you have any Ja'ffa cakes to go with it...?
(Rejected Dialogue from (in)Famous P.G Tips ad..)

Actually (putting my serious hat on for a change) the whole "subtle inflection" thing could be true: Jack in Into the Fire, pretending to be a Goa'uld, shouts KREE! several times at a group of Jaffa who just look at him bemusedly. They don't actually suspect he's not a Goa'uld yet, so Jack must just not be pronouncing it right (or any one of the 5,327 possible pronunciations)

K’ReEE! : Look at the shouter bemusedly.

Or what about the one Apophis uses on his (first!) deathbed in Serpent's Song? "Shol'vagh, KREE!" to Teal'C. What does his expect him to do, anyway?!

"Shol'vagh, KREE!": 'Traitor! Fetch me a bowl of ice chips and some lime Jell-O! Can't you see I'm dying here!?'

To markvthomas:

Sorry, to tell you Pavel, but Kree-ing was invented by "a little old lady from Kiev ", & as such "Kree-ing", is Ukranian in origin !
Yours, Dr S****d

Are you the Dr. St**id who from Groklaw?

No, I'm subconciously channelling Stimpson J Cat a/k/a "Stimpy" from the Ren & Stimpy Show!
(It was a feature/segment of the 1st season)
It seems that Ren will NOT be the only one to try out my "Happy Helmet" !
Now where did I put that copy of "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy"....?

Actually, I assume Kree is much like Aloha, which means both Hello and Goodbye.

Kree, I must be kreeing.

Kree kree kree, the Jaffa Goa'oulds are singing!!!

Boy, is this getting Kreepy!

Kreee. Lift your eyebrow. Kreee. Lift your eyebrow.

Hands off! Kree's mine!

Re:Berlitz'es comment
Surely you mean:
Kreee. Lift your left eyebrow. Kreee. Lift your right eyebrow...?.
Yours, Puzzled

I seriously want to try a Jaffa cake now after finding out what they are.

doodles elsewhere on the Net to find a nearby British market

If I may quote from the packaging...

"Original sponge cakes with plain chocolate and the smashing orangey bit."

(Incidentally, there is zero percent import tax on 'cakes' in the British market, but a high tax on 'biscuits/cookies', so McVitie's (the company that makes them) made one the size of a dinner plate to demonstrate that they go hard rather than soft when they decay, and are thus classified as 'cakes' - weird or what?!)

Either someone's been reading this page, or great minds think alike (Or Keith Alan's got another cartoon page he hasn't told us about before...)

Either search for "field training" or just scroll through all the cartoons. The one I'm referring to is about halfway down.

Kree! Hallowed are the Ori. Kree!

Nope, just doesn't work.

The one question everyone really wanted to know the answer to...

And now we never will ...

(The link doesn't work any more!)