Questions 95: Character Voice and Aliens

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Sgt Mike:
“How can I make believable alien speech patterns?”

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I found my solution!! I will use a translation software program, write the dialogue and then filter it into one language, then into a second and back into English…. gives it a foreign feel for someone whose knowledge of grammar and syntax is sophomoric at best. Sadly, I was taught language arts and not grammar in school. The public school curriculum definitely failed me in this one!

SGT MIKE

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May 30, 2016 at 10:37 pm 8 years ago

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