DrYouth wrote:
Yes, yes I do...
Or rather I came along just when The Ridge left the island.
That thread was still being referred to...
What was your handle on the DCF?
Who is this Speaker to Animals?
Speaker-to-Animals (or later Chmeee) is a fictional character in the Ringworld series of books, written by Larry Niven.
In Ringworld, Speaker-to-Animals is a junior diplomat who is trained to deal with other species without reflexively killing them. He is recruited by Nessus, a Pierson's Puppeteer, as a member of an expedition to explore the Ringworld.[1][2]
Speaker is a Kzin, a member of an extraterrestrial race of large tiger-like beings. He is a trained diplomat posted to the United Nations. His title (in place of a name he has yet to earn) is a polite reference to how Kzinti refer to non-Kzin races.
In the first book, he had not yet earned a name. So he was called by his job title. For Kzin, a diplomat to other species is called a Speaker to Animals.