Tannat

Wow, people complain about kids' vocabularies today...check out the 24th century guy (Bugleg):

"He’s your standard Trickster figure who’s also the friend and helper of the human race. Hence our choice of him as our liaison.”
“I don’t know what that word means,” complained Bugleg. The conversation came to a screeching halt, and we all stared at him.
“Which word, sir?” inquired Lopez.
“Hence. You went, hence. That’s one of those old-time words.”
“Why, yes, sir, but we’re old-time people, aren’t we, sir?” Lopez smiled at him with great effort. “So you mustn’t mind it.”
“Hence means ‘So that’s why,’ “ I explained. “Like, ‘So that’s why we chose Coyote as our liaison.’ See?”
“Oh.” Bugleg looked sulky. “Then you should have gone ‘So that’s why,’ not that old-time word. You shouldn’t use those old-time words. They’re weird.”