tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 28 08:19:32 1994
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please pay some respect to lingual minorities
- From: [email protected] (Sami Laitala)
- Subject: please pay some respect to lingual minorities
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 18:16:43 +0200
After subscribing THLINGAN-HOL, I received an interesting
file. I'd like to comment on a few lines in it that annoyed
me.
> There are basically two kinds of postings that will <
> appear on this list: <
> <
> - Messages about anything, written in Klingon <
> - Messages about Klingon, written in English <
This gives me an impression that only these languages are
allowed. I would find that attitude rather awkward since I
know that people who subscribe and contribute articles to
thlingan-hol mailings also contribute to such lists as
esperanto, welsh-l and conlang and I know several subscribers
of thlingan-hol can read Finnish. It would be a FAIR REQUEST
to include an English translation or abstract from those
people, who would feel more confident expressing themselves in
some other language than English. Non-native English speakers
like myself can't necessary follow all the hair-splitting
argumentation on Klingon grammar.
Having said all this I realize that it wasn't meant that way,
yet I feel offended by suggestion that my language isn't as
good means of communication as English. Or if it's not that
then learning Klingon is a privilege of English speakers only,
and all the others should keep away. Even though this is a
serious topic, my little remark is not meant to be taken too
seriously, yet I would like to see those lines changed into
something more respectful toward speakers of other languages.
Even though I can't understand a word of Klingon yet, it seems
to me that Klingon is agglutinative language like Finnish. (Is
it?) the idea alone gives me a thrill...
By the way, is there any lingual minorities within the Klingon
Empire, I just wonder, eh...?
Sami,
[email protected]