tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 17 06:53:07 1996
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The FAQ section 3.5 -- charghwI' !?!
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: The FAQ section 3.5 -- charghwI' !?!
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:03:05
uu> Please excuse my interuption in your conversations, however, it seems
uu> to me that in All of the Know Languages spoken today, there are many
uu> rules & regulations on how they are to be spoken, yet, the very people
uu> that speak these languages hardly ever uphold these rules & regulations
uu> but rather "USE" the language in a way which will best serve them.
uu> I think sometimes we tend to "Over-Think" these situations.
This is pretty much true, and it is even admitted in the Intoduction to TKD.
Okrand says, "It should be remembered that even though the rules say 'always'
and 'never,' when Klingon is actually spoken these rules are sometimes
broken."
The next sentence is the one I feel most appropriate to *this* forum,
however. "What the rules represent, in other words, is what Klingon
grammarians agree on as the 'best' Klingon."
*This* is what I see as the function of the KLI and this List: the exploration
of "proper" Klingon grammar, so that we can ALL understand each other. As
with English, everyday speech may be all but incomprehensible to people from
different areas, but grammatically correct speech *should* be understood.
Anyway, that's the opinion of another non-expert. <g>
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