This is all because I started to wonder how a race whose conversation mainly consisted of ‘Like to crush. Crush now,’ had the words to allow Giles to say things like ‘You’re just a little overwrought,’ and ‘it’s perfectly serviceable.’ Mind you, I have never known a language, however barbaric, that the person trying to get you to like it didn’t claim was the most beautiful and poetic tongue on the planet.
- Summary
- Spike said that he happened to speak Fyarl, he never said he spoke it well.
- Spoilers
- None.
- Period
- 1887
- Written
- January 2002
- Word Count
- 10,418 words
- Rating
- Adult
- Characters
- Angelus, Darla, Will
- Content
- Explicit sexual activity; violence; strong language.
Teaser
'Very well, William, we will start again. I suggest you try to concentrate this time.’
Will stared at the carpet as if hoping inspiration would spring from the depths of its woollen pattern.
‘What does Akooahgasaaashnangbeaah mean?’ Angelus folded his arms and waited.
‘Go to… go to the barn?’ Will said uncertainly.
Angelus pursed his lips. ‘Go?’
‘Gasash the verb “to go”.’
‘No! Very much not the verb “to go”. How on earth could it be? And if you must pull it to pieces like that, then gasaaash is from the noun “war”. Why is it that you spent an hour supposedly learning this tonight, and you still seem to know no more than when we started?’
Because it’s a stupid language, Will wanted to say, and it makes no sense, and why do I have to learn Fyarl anyway? ‘I am trying, Angelus, but I just can’t make any sense of it.’
Angelus simply looked at him for a long moment. ‘The reason you are not getting anywhere is that your one thought is to stop and go and do something you would find more enjoyable. Only that is not going to happen tonight, my boy, nor any night soon if I do not see some sign of improvement.’ Will glared down once more. If looks could kill the carpet would be in need of an epitaph. ‘Now, you asked to do it this way, so I am doing it this way. And I have told you ten times: the inflection carries the verb with the qualifier in the middle. Have you got that clear now?’
‘Yeh. The inflection has the verb and the qualifier’s in the middle.’
Read on…
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