Word: hlan
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...most valuable devices in space is a little something called an electrowriter. It makes all communication between different planetary inhabitants possible. "Hlan's fingers played upon the keyboard, and a mechanical voice intoned, 'I am Hlan-Glea, Elder of this village. I bid you welcome.'" The electrowriter works with all peoples, including the Glumf, Yligth, Sreep, Ooop, and the Ghaag...
Professor Arthur Lloyd James of London University is one of the greatest living authorities on the English language and its pronunciation. He taught British Broadcasting Corp. announcers to pronounce Cholmondeley in two syllables (chumly) and Llanfairpwllgyngyllgogerychwryndrobwllllantsiliogogogoch in liquid labials (pronounced Hlan-fair-poohl-gooin-gill-gogery-coorin- dro-boohl-hlant-seeleo-gogo-goch).* He was engaged by the Government to train R. A. F. pilots to speak clearly by radio telephone. His pronunciation handbooks are regarded as standard for the King's English pure and undefiled, and he wrote the Encyclopaedia Britannica article on pronunciation. Declaring that BBC announcers...