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| Ullran Enunciator | ||
| Special prosthesis needed to aid humans in speaking an alien language. |
| "Yes, sir; I understand." Captain Pedolsky opened the pouch on his
belt and took out the false palate and tongue-clicker without which no
Terran could do more than mouth a crude and barely comprehensible
pidgin-Ullran. Stuffing the gadget into his mouth, he turned and began
jabbering orders...
He took the false palate and tongue-clicker, officially designated as an "enunciator, Ullran" and, colloquially, as a geek-speaker, out of his coat pocket and shoved it into his mouth. |
| From Uller Uprising,
by H. Beam Piper. Published by Twayne Publishers in 1952 Additional resources -
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