Uranian n. 2

the language of Uranians

Language

  • 1941 E. Hamilton The Magician of Mars in Captain Future Summer 54/1 page image Edmond Hamilton bibliography

    Curt spoke in the oldest form of the Uranian language, hoping that the man would understand. His hope was rewarded, for after a moment the wild-faced hunter answered in a tongue that was vaguely similar. [Ibid.] ‘It’s the old Uranian language,’ Curt told him. ‘The People of Darkness are supposed to be Uranians who fled down into these caverns ages ago from enemies. I figured they’d still speak a variant of the old language.’

  • 1941 N. S. Bond ‘Shadrach’ in Planet Stories Fall 116/2 page image Nelson S. Bond bibliography

    I haven’t yet decided whether this patch was cleared by heat or labor…. If we can make them believe we are friends, I may learn. I can sling their talk a little. It’s not unlike the Uranian language.

  • 1953 N. Loomis Little Green Man in Dynamic Science Fiction Mar. 77/2 page image Noel Loomis bibliography

    I notice you speak Uranian with a slight accent.

  • 1974 W. S. Gray F&SF Competition: Report on Competition 7 in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 159 page image

    DOGO JOST – An insight into ultimate reality; (Uranian slang) to cut wind while making love; to find a job.

  • 1996 R. Grant Tex & Molly in the Afterlife 381 page image Richard Grant bibliography

    They looked at him as though he was speaking in Uranian.

  • 2006 G. Anding Witness in the Square 100 page image

    Anastasie Ollier used to tell people that she spoke Uranian and Jupitian as well as Martian.

Research requirements

antedating 1941
Earliest cite

Edmond Hamilton
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted most cites.

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