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    13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
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    Image of codeman38 codeman38
    04/19/09

    In reply to 13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
    Actually, "Fry" would be "Fwu", not "Fwv", in Alienese II. "Y" is 24, not 25.
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    Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins
    04/19/09

    @codeman38: Thanks for the correction. Although it's a bit frustrating to know after spending a good half hour working it out manually I still got it wrong...


    Anyway, fixed now.

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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    04/19/09

    In reply to 13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
    I sorta feel Tolkien deserves a mention. Didn't he come up with a couple of languages for his books?
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    Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins
    04/19/09

    @Illogic: Check out the end of the second paragraph. Tolkien isn't science fiction, but any discussion of speculative fiction linguistics has to acknowledge him.
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    Image of Thrubeingcool Thrubeingcool
    04/19/09

    In reply to 13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
    You forgot Nadsat, ya nazz!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/19/09

    @Thrubeingcool: That used the Roman alphabet.
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    04/19/09

    In reply to 13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
    I don't speak Klingon, but I do know more than a few Mando'a words and phrases. Hurry up with that dictionary already!
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/19/09

    @Smeagol92055: I need to relearn Klingon. I only remember the insults. Not having anyone to speak it with, I fall out of practice.


    Though it drives the ladies wild.

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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    04/19/09

    In reply to 13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
    This is a really cool article. Thanks, Alasdair!
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