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** While the Black Speech was invented by Sauron, some of its vocabulary seems to have been based on Valarin, the language of the angelic Valar. Interestingly, Valarin is described by one elven scholar as sounding "harsh" to species other than the Valar, while others, again, have different opinions.
*** The Black Speech being based on Valarin is possibly justified by the fact that Sauron is a Maia, who are the same race as the Valar, just on a lower power level.
* In ''[[Bored of the Rings]]'', the parody counterpart of the Black Speech spoken by Sorhed and the Narcs of Fordor is essentially constructed from 1960s pop cultural references:
{{quote|''Grundig blaupunkt luger frug''
''Watusi snarf wazoo!''
''Nixon dirksen nasahist''
''Rebozo boogaloo.''
|Inscription on the One Ring}}
* In ''[[Ella Enchanted]]'', the Prince's reaction to Ella's simple farewell in troll language is, "It sounds evil." Ella replies that it is.
* ''[[The Call of Cthulhu]]'' by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] has several languages spoken by cultists which sound and look disturbing.
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