Human — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A surname.

2. The language supposedly spoken by humans

   Usage

   • Humorous

   Examples

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   Should you identify your language (culture) with human being (nature), you would tend to think that all people should speak Human (English), just as you do. And if they do not, they are either subhuman or nonhuman. This is ethnocentrism again.

   Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other.

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   Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme.

   “I haven't been able to speak Human very long,” Dipper said.

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   That's what their language is called. Monibar. It's not like we speak Human.