Grunts
Squeaks
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Both words in one sentence
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In the film, the humans hear the animals' voices over the radio; at first grunts and squeaks, then words, ending with an animals' Triumph Of The Will complete with actual "goose-steppers".
Source: Literature / Animal Farm -
And when the audiobook came along, the narrator had to resort to muffled grunts and squeaks as an equivalent.
Source: Creator / Dave Barry - In Full Sequence, Villain Protagonist Martin is suggested to have spoken offscreen numerous times, even making phone calls, but otherwise never actually says a single thing outside of a few weird squeaks and grunts.
Source: The Voiceless
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