The Deucadon Dialect - Part 2

Two days ago, I gave you the rationale behind constructing the Deucadon dialect. I had to make it foreign enough to be convincing as a true dialect but not too annoying that you wouldn't want to read it.

To review, the Deucadons drop their g's, say ya and naw. They also have a few words which don't have direct English equivalents.

Here is the second half of our exposure to the Deucadon's way of speech from the middle of Part 2 of Rome's Revolution:
     “He must have followed Steben back here. There is naw other explanation.”
     “Impossible. Steben had the necessary camouflage.”
     “Their eyes. Ya know about their eyes. His heat signature maybe?”
     “Our camouflage is perfect,” said the first voice again. “It’s been tested over and over. They cannawt see us,” he said. “And there would nawt be any heat radiated.”
     “Do ya think we should ask him before we kill him?” said the second.
     “How? Do ya speak flaggin’ Vuduri?”
     “Naw.”
     “Let’s just get it over with. Bukky’s nawt goin’ to be happy about this. We’ve endangered everyone.”
     “Who’s goin’ to do it?” the third voice asked.
     “Ya do it,” said the second voice.
     “I do nawt want to do it,” said the third voice. “Melloy, ya kill him.”
     “I do nawt want to kill him either,” said the first voice. “I would nawt call it one of my specialties.”
     “Well someone has to,” said the second voice.
     “Let’s draw straws,” said the first voice. “Whoever pulls the short straw has to kill him.”
     “That seems fair,” said the second voice. “I’ll go get the straws.”
I hope you find it readable and just strange enough to make these people seem different and at the same time relatable. Unfortunately, they are going to kill Rei. That is not a good thing. Tomorrow, how he escapes with MINIMCOM's help.
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Published on January 22, 2015 05:38 Tags: action, adventure, ftl, science-fiction, space-travel, vuduri
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