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Re: boQ

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

ngabwI':
> > "What sort of help are you looking for?"

Se'noj:
>Well, let's start with something simple. To give it a bit of
>credibility and statistics, if people could please answer the survey
>below, that would be great. Also, I would welcome any insight from any
>of the more experienced speakers, or even beginners and those in
>between, about why they began the language and why they stuck with it.

Talk to Lawrence at the KLI.  There have been several detailed surveys done 
as part of papers, theses and even a couple of dissertations on Klingon and 
the Klingonist community.  I imagine there have been a few papers published 
in the linguistic literature on artificial languages.  Once you have the 
titles, you may be able to get copies of them via Interlibrary Loan.  (In 
fact, I'm sure several of us would like to have those references if you 
could share them with the List.  Maybe we could add them to the FAQ's 
bibliography as this question comes up from time to time.)

>--Start survey--

Let's see...

>1.   How do you rate your skills with the Klingon language
>[ ] Passing interest
>[ ] Only a few words
>[ ] Good hold of grammar and/or vocab
>[X] Moderately fluent
>[ ] Fluent

I still have to look words and verb prefixes up occasionally.  I can write 
Klingons, but I've never attempted to speak it with anyone.

>2.   How often do you watch Star Trek?
>[ ] More than twice per week
>[X] Once or twice per week
>[ ] Once or twice per month
>[ ] Once or twice per year
>[ ] Rarely

Just the new episodes.

>3.   Do you consider yourself a Trekker/Trekkie?
>[ ] Yes
>[X] No

You should define what you mean by "Trekker/Trekkie":  i.e. someone who 
watches the TV show and movies, someone who goes to conventions, someone 
who goes to conventions in costume, someone who writes articles and stories 
for fan literature, etc.

>4.   Are you male or female?
>[X] Male
>[ ] Female
>[ ] Undecided/undisclosed
>---End survey---


-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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