tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 07 22:23:04 1998
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Hi All!
- From: Irene A Gates <[email protected]>
- Subject: Hi All!
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 01:20:10 -0400
ghunchu'wI, Qov and charghwI' have already answered John's general
questions about tlhIngan Hol, but herewith another reply to the personal
questions.
> I have had dealings with the Tolkien society in the UK and met
> people who use the Dark Speech of Mordor or talk Elvish.
wejpuH. There's not enough Elvish grammar known for anyone to speak it,
other than short phrases on restricted topics. As for the Dark Speech,
there are only a couple of dozen words known. Those people are indulging
in wholesale extension of Tolkien's linguistic creation in the same way
role-playing gamers do with his literary one. But that's a topic for a
different List ...
> I wont be so crass as to ask why you do it, but was it an instant thing
due
> to interest in language/s or did it develop as a progression from Trek
> related pursuits generaly?
I was fond of ST in the sixties (truth be told, I was fascinated by Spock,
and only slightly interested in the rest of it), but I haven't watched any
of the other Star Trek series, and I've seen only parts of some of the
movies. I was introduced to Klingon by a fellow member of the Tolkien
Language List about two years ago. My interest in Klingon has everything
to do with the fact that it's a neat, weird little conlang (constructed
language), and almost nothing to do with Klingon culture or Star Trek. My
particular passion is translating poetry into Klingon (or Quenya),
maintaining the metrical form of the original.
> Another question. Are you mainly young people? My yardstick is my own age
of
> forty'ish, and are your familys, children(?) as interested as yourselves?
I'm 47. The only other people I know who are interested in Klingon are on
the 'Net, mostly on this List.
T'Lark
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Irene A Gates <[email protected]>
Burlington, Ontario, Ca Aviculturist and linguaphile
"I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways
that will not work." -- Thomas A. Edison