Why am I now picturing Johnny Depp saying, "But why have the contractions gone?" *g*

The canonical view on languages is just horribly headache-inducing. And as much as I like English—you could even say that it's my favorite language!—I think it's kind of elitist to assume that it's the galactic tongue and not Czech or French or Japanese or Athosian. So yeah, Universal Translator is the best thing I can come up with. (Although it still doesn't really make sense. Oy.)

But personal canon, yay! That makes me very happy, thank you.