tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 29 16:18:41 1994
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Re: please pay some respect to lingual minorities
On Mon, 28 Nov 1994, Johnny Wayne Jr Rittimann wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Nov 1994, Sami Laitala wrote:
>
> On the other hand, I think having other languages besides English and
> Klingon on the list wouldn't be so bad at first. Just let it run its
> course and it will either die off or some languages will become more
> popular and graduate up to another list.
I never saw a problem with it. I naturally assumed it meant a common
language Other Than Klingon. The most common language here is
Lojban^H^H^H^H^H^H English. But we've seen Italian, Spanish, and a
myriad of other langages.
> Something to think about...
>
> Of course, ANYONE could post in Klingon regardless of you native language.
> The trick is to learn Klingon :)
Aye, that's the rub!
> maybe if we restrict the languages to
> Klingon and Swahili????? ...yeah I know I spelled it wrong :)
Then we'd end up having to learn Swahili[sic] by posting anything in
swahili, and have conversations about Swahili in Klingon. {{:)
> johnny
>
> ps. I'm fairly new to this list, so my comments are COMPLETELY my own and
> do not neccessarily reflect the views of the originators or the majority of
> this list.
You and me both!
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