#I want Federation Standard to just sound like alien noises incomparable to any Earth language

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tom Paris trying to talk to 21st century humans bc an away mission went wrong but the universal translator is damaged and he's speaking Federation Standard and Standard sounds nothing like English so to them he's just making noises. (Harry is in the background trying to fix the translator so it keeps coming in and out, leading to further hilarity as they all catch snippets of conversation)

#fake voyager episodes my beloved #Tom decided to give it a go bc he's the history nerd #He knows a few words of English but not enough #I want Federation Standard to just sound like alien noises incomparable to any Earth language #it sounds (in my mind) quite literally like a bunch of different planets decided on what would be 'Standard'