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This one is a bit of a hot-take about minority language rights in SFF that I sort of know some folks might strongly disagree with or even take umbrage.
But we're generally interested in other perspectives and arguments on this matter.
Blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2024/05/put-...
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Tim
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I like this take, and it fleshes out my theory that Han Solo may be something of a linguistic genius; he has conversations with Rodian, Huttese, and Wookiee speakers. It's a nice (if probably unintentional) counterpoint to Galactic Standard/fascism that the independent rogue is a polyglot.
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Iain Bancarz
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Underrated TNG episode for language is S3E2, "The Ensigns of Command". The Federation straight-up failed to learn the language of the Sheliac. They speak English but consider it a contemptible language. In print SF, shout-outs to Babel-17 by Delany and Embassytown by Miéville.
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Roseanna Pendlebury
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Deep Wheel Orcadia is such a good book - I wish more people had discussed it when it came out. I only read it because it was on the Clarke Award shortlist (just in time to be glad it won), and it was so beautiful and thoughtful.
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