#linguistics jokes my beloved!! whoever wrote these dang things has such an affection for word nerdery and I love it so much

[falderaletcetera]

'"...this noble background would certainly make Duchess Calpurnia Higginsworth-Cobb a valuable third to such a ragtag would-be emreh, and the Duchess's smolderingly protective behavior towards Krejjh and Translator Jeeter certainly would support such," uh… "fish…bullying"? Krejjh?' 'Gossip.' 'Doesn’t "jorssjay" refer to waterlife?' 'Yeah, it's an expression.' 'Okay, I'm sorry, but I need to know how they got from A to B on that one. Need it like air.'

— The Strange Case Of Starship Iris season 2 episode 5.5: Interlude