Description

Galstandard West is one of the five Galstandard languages (the other four being East, Eight, Brown, and Peroxide) [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-11-21%7C2002-11-21]], footnote]. It is the lingua franca of the Schlock Mercenary universe and is common enough that is is often referred to in conversation as simply "Galstandard" [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-12-14%7C2001-12-14]]][[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-30%7C2003-11-30]]].

For the sake of all its pre-Contact Earthling readers, Schlock Mercenary has been translated into English from the original Galstandard West [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-03-08%7C2009-03-08]]].

History

Galstandard West's origins lie far in the past, far enough that F'Sherl-Ganni refer to the language as ancient. This didn't stop humanity from corrupting it (along with two other unspecified Galstandard languages) with English. Although large portions of grammar and vocabulary have been passed along [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-07-22%7C2001-07-22]]][[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-10-12%7C2002-10-12]]], there are enough difference in pronunciation and vocabulary (particularly units of measurement [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-03-08%7C2009-03-08]],footnote]) between English and Galstandard West that neither is a direct copy of the other [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-06-02%7C2001-06-02]]].

[Just what it says]

The narrator notes a pronunciation joke that works equally well in English and Galstandard West [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-06-02%7C2001-06-02]]]

Debating the influence of English on Galstandard West got Gasht'g'd'g'tang killed [2001-07-22]. The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries was originally published in Galstandard West [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-11-21%7C2002-11-21]], footnote] The common language of Galstandard West kept Tagon's Toughs and Breya's UNS soldiers from having to fight the natives of the Outjack [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-30%7C2003-11-30]]]. Native Galstandard Peroxide speakers tend to have a noticeable accent when speaking Galstandard West [[[@http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-02-28%7C2010-02-28]]]

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