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Christoph Pichlmann ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

>It was not my intent that the last sentence would be interpreted literally;
>it was supposed to be something of a joke or a punch-line (It?s the last
>sentence in the thesis).
Ah, I see. In fact, I even supposed it´s intended to be a joke - but only 
long after I sent the message...

>Just imagine the scene when a human schoolteacher
>tries to correct the grammar of a big Klingon warrior. It would be both
>dangerous and absurd.
Hehe. Isn´t there a passage somewhere in the canon saying exactly that? 
About correcting the grammar of klingon toasts.

>I used the joke as a kind of metaphor for saying
>something like: when (if?) there are native speakers of Klingon it would be
>absurd (but I hope not dangerous) to correct their use of the language.
>Native speakers can do what ever they like with their language.
I see. Though I don´t agree with that either. Even native speakers shouldn´t 
be allowed to do anything with their language. It only leads to the 
deterioration of it, as the more sloppy forms usually are the "easier" 
ones...

>Apparently the joke didn?t work and for that I apologise.
May have been me, being slow at realizing it´s intended to be a joke. 
There´re enough weird people to make it difficult to recognize a joke, IMO.

>English is not my native language, so I'm bound to make mistakes of 
>different kind.
Well, neither´s mine, so that will have added into the misunderstanding too, 
I guess.
ja'chuqtaHghach 'oHvIS, veS 'oHbe'.
("While there is discussion, there will be no war." Might not be a very 
klingon concept, but I doubt that even they will fight about nothing.)

>Yens
Christoph

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