Piggin Vrusk

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jedion357
May 21, 2016 - 5:11am
All of the vrusk words we do have are purely approximations of the vrusk word that non vrusk can handle. 

Some linguists with very good ears have learned vrusk language but cannot speak it (think Chewie and Han Solo talking). 

One linguist, Piegan of Fromeltar actually took on the challenge of making a version of vrusk that non vrusk could actually speak. Unfortunately, it mangles vrusk and looses a lot of the communicative band width the vrusk have with their antennae and body and hand movements being involved in communication. The vrusk tolerate it much like they tolerate the polyvox as a necessary evil. 

The Vrusk perspective is that the languages of the other core four lack the tonal beauty of spoken vrusk. Some non vrusk linguist totally rave over the beauty of vrusk poetry and 99% of everyone else thinks they're nuts. 

So anyway Piegan of Fromeltar developed piggen vrusk and a growing number of diplomats, business execs and what have you are learning it. 

In vrusk culture they don't have the concept of the human word bastard. The closest is orphan which goes back to ancient times referring to the young of another group that was wiped out. However, the vrusk have adopted the human term and with a vrsk approximation and applied it to piggen vrusk calling it bastard vrusk or simply bastard. ( they also refer to individuals that speak it as bastard speakers). The idea is that the vrusk consider it an illegitimate language, ugly, lacking beauty and nuance but are mildly humored at the other members of the core four for trying. 
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!
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jedion357
May 21, 2016 - 6:01am
In the Frontier people don't say, "I'd rather watch paint dry than do X." 

They say, " I'd rather listen to vrusk poetry than do X".

Unless they're vrusk, of course.
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!

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rattraveller
May 21, 2016 - 5:23pm
I actually think the saying is I'd rather listen to "Yazirian Opera than do X".

Remember you have to watch and listen to Vrusk speech for the body movements. Teachers probably say "Now pay attention like your listening to Vrusk poetry, this will be on the test"
Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go?

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Tchklinxa
May 22, 2016 - 10:22pm
Can you imagine Vrusk language learners with fake antenna... trying to mimic that maybe operated by moving facial muscles so the human looks like he is having a fit trying to get right movement... for only 4 easy installments of 19.99 Credits you too can take your Vrusk language to a whole new level. LOL
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