tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 07 05:27:15 1994

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> Lawrencevo':
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> > > I would buy into this more, if Klingon was Worf's first language.  It is 
> > > not.  REmember; he was raised by *humans*.  Terran Standard is is first 
> > > language... or by this point in his life, it is.
> > > 
> > > Show me a Klingon whose antive tongue is Hol'e', and I will agree you 
> > > have a valid arguement here.
> > > 
> > 
> > Without legitimizing the first posting above, let me respond to the 
> > second.  Although his use of tlhIngan Hol seems pitiful, it IS indeed 
> > Worf's first language.  Remember, he was raised by humans, but only after 
> > a bit of childhood with his true parents.  We know they died shortly 
> > before his "Age of Inclusion" but we also know Worf has memories of going 
> > on a hunt with his father and a party of warriors, and that his father 
> > talked to him about the hunt.  We know he is the elder of two brothers 
> > (which assures at least a little time between them) and that he had a 
> > "nanny" who took care of him as a child. From these tidbits it seems 
> > reasonable to think Worf possessed at least a young child's command of 
> > this, his native language (this entire argument of course presumes 
> > something like human timing and progression through stages of initial 
> > language acquisition).  Why he doesn't speak it better is anyone's guess.
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> Also assuming that Klingons are simialr to humans in how they 
> learn/retain languages, he may very well have lost it due to disuse.  
> Isn't there evidence that if a human is raised on one language, then 
> switches to another with no more exposure to the first that they forget 
> much of the previous language?  Or learn to pronounce it with a foreign 
> accent?  Worf couldn't have had much exposure to people speaking tlhIngan 
> after he was abandoned... it could explain why he can't speak the 
> language very well anymore.  {{:)
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> And by this logic, hisuse of the lnguage is still suspect, qar'a'?
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> --tQ
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> -- 
> HaghtaHbogh tlhIngan yIvoqQo'!  toH, qatlh reH HaghtaH HoD Qanqor...?
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> --HoD trI'Qal		Captain T'rkal		---------------------
>   tlhwD lIy So'		IKV Hidden Comet	|   [email protected]
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HaghtaHbogh tlhIngan yIvoqQo'!  toH, qatlh reH HaghtaH HoD Qanqor...?

--HoD trI'Qal		Captain T'rkal		---------------------
  tlhwD lIy So'		IKV Hidden Comet	|   [email protected]







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