Betelgeusean n. 2
the language of Betelgeuseans
Language
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1959
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Poul Anderson
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Oleg himself reads only Altaian and the principal Betelgeusean language.
Message in Secret in Fantastic Dec. 32/1 -
1979
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Douglas Adams
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Ford Prefect’s original name is only pronuncible in an obscure Betelgeusian dialect, now virtually extinct since the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster of Gal./Sid./Year 03758 which wiped out all the old Praxibetel communities on Betelgeuse Seven.
Hitch Hiker’s Guide to Galaxy v. 40 (footnote) -
1993
Third, rent a foreign-language version (the original Betelgeusean is rather melodic) and slip a Babel Fish into your ear.
BBC ‘Guide’ Gets Two Thumbs Up in San Diego Union-Tribune 11 Mar. (Night & Day section) 25
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1996
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Robert Silverberg
Meanwhile, we over here in the science fiction field blithely send our space explorers out to alien planets equipped with semantic converters that efficiently translate Earth-speech into Rigelian or Betelgeusean, and vice versa.
Power of Words in Asimov’s Science Fiction June 8/2
Research requirements
antedating 1959
Earliest cite
Poul Anderson
Research History
Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 1959 cite from Poul Anderson.
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