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** {{spoiler|Presumably Sburb would want all the players destined to enter the Medium to speak the same language...in particular, one that happens to be the namesake of [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Big Bad]] Lord English.}} |
** {{spoiler|Presumably Sburb would want all the players destined to enter the Medium to speak the same language...in particular, one that happens to be the namesake of [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Big Bad]] Lord English.}} |
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* Justified in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Uryuoms have the abilty to learn (or teach) any language by rubbing their antennae on a person's forehead (or presumably anywhere close to their brain) for about three seconds. They can only do this kind of thing with languages though. |
* Justified in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Uryuoms have the abilty to learn (or teach) any language by rubbing their antennae on a person's forehead (or presumably anywhere close to their brain) for about three seconds. They can only do this kind of thing with languages though. |
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* Explained in [http://www.drunkduck.com/Jix Jix] that the Ambis (the alien of the strip) has a device that can download languages into the user's mind. Their androids, on the other hand, can learn a language if they hear enough of it. |
* Explained in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130719183412/http://www.drunkduck.com/Jix/ Jix] that the Ambis (the alien of the strip) has a device that can download languages into the user's mind. Their androids, on the other hand, can learn a language if they hear enough of it. |
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* Inverted and Justified in ''The Accidental Space Spy'' - when the human character asks "How come all aliens are speaking English?", they explain that the someone [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/spacespy/series.php?view=archive&chapter=48599#193466 hid mind control devices on a lot of planets], which gradually turn one of the planet's languages into Vricaltian. The culprit? {{spoiler|The Vricaltian Tourist Agency. To make it easier for tourists.}} |
* Inverted and Justified in ''The Accidental Space Spy'' - when the human character asks "How come all aliens are speaking English?", they explain that the someone [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/spacespy/series.php?view=archive&chapter=48599#193466 hid mind control devices on a lot of planets], which gradually turn one of the planet's languages into Vricaltian. The culprit? {{spoiler|The Vricaltian Tourist Agency. To make it easier for tourists.}} |
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* Interplanar aversion in ''[[Planescape Survival Guide]]'', as it turns out when the cast make it to the first world (earth) [[Common Tongue|Common]] has nothing in common with English. |
* Interplanar aversion in ''[[Planescape Survival Guide]]'', as it turns out when the cast make it to the first world (earth) [[Common Tongue|Common]] has nothing in common with English. |
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