tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 27 05:50:42 1994
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- From: [email protected] (Pierre Van Dyk)
- Subject: Reaction to Message
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 16:12:00 +0200
- Organization: Digitec Online
Hi all,
The following is a message that I received on a local BBS. I Answered some-
body's query re the 'funny' language I wrote an email message in. Question,
how does one react to something like this??? I wrote back a light-hearted
comment - the one nice thing was some other members reacted as well.
GS>PVD >I would be very surprised if you used it in school - it is the Klingon
> >language. And here you thought that when Klingons talk on Star Trek they
> >only make arbitrary noises. NO! They actually speak a proper,
> >linguistically correct language. It was developed for Star Trek III by a
> >Marc Okrand, and there is a institute dedicated to the research and
> >design of the language. Fionn and I are two of the five South African
> >members.
> >Qapla - Pierre
> >P.S. No, I am not talking BS, and I do not smoke pot - Klingon as a
> >language really exists. Check out an FAQ called (I think) Klingon.zip
> >or Klingon5.zip.
> Heard an interview about a month ago, on "Radio Today' about 06:35 one
> morning.
> Seems there's this professor of "Kingonese", and there is actually
> a department for the study of Klingon, at some university in the USA.
Gee, never thought Angghal would be a professor of 'Kingonese'...
GS> I was astounded.
> Never heard such unmitigated C**P in my life.
> Studying a non existant, fictional, nonsense, invented by some hack in
> hollywood, or somesuch other sick, perverted town,and actually
> spending money on it?
> What about the Riverine Rabbit?
> What about the "Whooping" Crane?
> If you don't like wildlife, what about:
> The street children?
> The aged?
> Altzheimers?
> Cancer?
> The list is endless.
> I mean, can any really intelligent adult spend
> money on such trash, and still have a clear conscience?
Cheers - Pierre
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. SPEED 1.40 [NR] . I was sane once... didn't like it.
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