I always attributed Teal'c's knowing of English to the fact that they constantly round up humans. I'm probably way off though and it was just lazy writing.
I've seen the first season of Atlantis and wasn't feeling it. Might borrow the DVDs from my buddy and tough through it.
Universe... Yeah. I saw the first two or so episodes and it just felt like such a drag. I thought maybe I was just tired of SG but I can still happily watch SG-1.