Welcome to Earth
It had been even more so getting them to shore and into a phin-adapted hospital to recover, and making sure they had what they needed, including doctors and a linguist to figure out their pod's dialect.
Walk a Mile: A Friend's Fantasy
The alphabet was a known one, but the language itself was somewhat archaic in its terminology as well not being in one of the known languages, though it seemed to have developed from the same linguistic roots as one of the scholarly languages, which was known
Torpedo Run - Chapter 1
The bug waved off his linguistic concerns with a dismissive flick of her antennae, and made the chittering-clicking sound he was pretty sure meant she was laughing at him.
Gesshru Chapter 7
Most of my knowledge came from linguistic discrepancies, the fact that in gesshru religion their soul returns to the core of the planet to rejoin with all ancient relatives and experience eternity.
Learning To Fall Part 1
Coupled with their changes in linguistic patterns, and the resultant centers residing within their much expanded cerebral tissue, has been the acquirement of a new and unknown innate language.
New Spin On An Old Classic
He had no option left but to try and escape with his linguistic skills though he had a feeling they wouldn't be enough.
My Love of War, Part 3
He was also our sections linguist; he had that uncanny knack for language and taught the majority of us in the words and phrases we would need.
Antisocial Paradise
"now to get you up to speed in linguistics." he gripped what bit of my shaft was exposed, covered in the mixture of our fluids and raised his paw to muzzle level. my first taste of a new language. we tasted of fire.
A Billion Souls
"anything in our linguistics files?" he finally thought to ask.
A New Family Part 3
Listen to me, the linguist, being tutored in communication. but, this is why i'm here, to learn. i'm all ears." my frills flared wide to demonstrate that fact helpfully.
Suraksha VI: Comfort
Aditya was almost as linguistically ignorant of course, but he could pick out a key phrase here and there. john couldn't believe what he was seeing; this was beyond anything he'd ever seen before.
Dancing Abroad (TDS Side #4)
The words of the desert tribes were still foreign to him, but supposedly he spoke with the fluency of a native-born linguist. languages came quickly to him. he preferred to know what was going on around him when people whispered in hushed tones.