tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 22 17:23:17 1995
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KLI on the Electronic Telegraph again.
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- Subject: KLI on the Electronic Telegraph again.
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 20:21:48 -0500
Well, the KLI make it onto the Electronic Telegraph again, this time on the
Front page! It is also much more flattering than the previous mention and
the article even has a link to the KLI web page.
The Electronic Telegraph Wednesday 22 November 1995 The Front Page
[The Front Page]
It's academic, but not as we know it
By David Millward
A STUDENT has given Star Trek academic respectability by embarking on
a Klingon language course for her degree.
Anita Karr, 32, who is fluent in Italian and French, is to extend her
linguistic horizons by writing a dissertation on the language spoken
by Dr Spock's alien enemies.
Once she has mastered the language, Miss Karr will teach it to other
students at Portsmouth University.
"I am just a sad old Trekky really," she said yesterday. "I became
interested in the programme three years ago and the whole thing just
grew on me.
"People communicate in Klingon on the Internet and I have already
received letters in the language. When I said I wanted to do the
dissertation people laughed, until they realised I was going to go
about it in a serious way."
It is now possible to buy Klingon dictionaries and embark on a
two-stage course - even though the language is still evolving, with
its author, Mark Okrand, adding to it daily.
Miss Karr said: "There is a dispute among linguists about whether it
is a real language. The Bible is being translated into Klingon."
In keeping with the aggressive nature of the Klingons the word for
hello, nuqneH, roughly translates as "what are you looking at?"
Other friendly greetings could include blomHqu - "you are ugly" - and
the Klingon equivalent to cheers, Iwlji jachjaj, meaning "may your
blood scream".
The Klingon Language Institute