tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 22 21:56:54 2006
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Re: yopwaH
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: yopwaH
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:56:22 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Shane MiQogh, ja':
>and since he previously
>known a language (actually more, but it only takes one) it is safe
>to say he came up with his language, based on other things.
Like his imagination, perhaps? There have been many attempts to show that
Klingon is "based on" some Terran language or other. None has been
successful. Okrand put many puns into the vocabulary that are based on
various languages, but in truth, Klingon is an essentially a priori
language. Every feature of Klingon may be found in some Terran languages,
but no known language exhibits all of them.
>How he did it we may never know, but if you know a language,
>you can't just sit down and write a random combobulation of letters
>that are pronouncable (based on your own pronounciation table or
>whatever) and still have a pattern.
If there's a pattern, naturally it's not random. Okrand didn't write Klingon
randomly. Aside from which, any language must be systematic, or it is
useless.
>His ability to write a language is about as good as anyone else's who
>knows 2 or more languages.
As ghunchu'wI' points out, Okrand's linguistic training means he is far
better qualified to create a usable language than any Joe Schmo. Just
because one is able to speak two languages does not mean one understands
linguistics.
>He was the one to do it, and we must respect that, but we must
>remember, no one, including him, can come up with something from
>nothing...
The human imagination comes up with something from nothing all the time.
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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