# They spoke in monosyllables and short jerky sentences

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- Published: 2017-05-31T08:26:44+00:00
- Author: Roman Xavier Hudson

They were very quick and abrupt in their actions, and their speech, in moments of
hot discussion over the allotment of the choicer teeth, was truly a gabble. They
spoke in monosyllables and short jerky sentences that was more a gibberish than 
a language. And yet, through it ran hints of grammatical construction, and appeared
vestiges of the conjugation of some superior culture.
 Even the speech of Granser
was so corrupt that were it put down literally it would be almost so much nonsense
to the reader. This, however, was when he talked with the boys. When he got into
the full swing of babbling to himself, it slowly purged itself into pure English.

The sentences grew longer and were enunciated with a rhythm and ease that was reminiscent
of the lecture platform. “Tell us about the Red Death, Granser,” Hare-Lip demanded,
when the teeth affair had been satisfactorily concluded. “The Scarlet Death,” Edwin
corrected. “An’ don’t work all that funny lingo on us,” Hare-Lip went