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Re: }}} Klingon paintball



On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:

> >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 95 11:56:03 EST
> >From: Alan Anderson                        <[email protected]>
> 
> >Jim Boniface is trying to put together a "Klingon paintball team" and 
> >has asked for help.  In the resulting scuffle, nobody has mentioned 
> >the lack of a good translation for "paint".  I think a Klingon 
> >paintball team needs at least a name for the game they will be 
> >playing!  To that end, therefore...
> 
> I seem to recall at the Okrand brainstorming-session at the qep'a' the lack
> of art-related words was mentioned, and I *think* "paint" was brought up as
> one people would like.  Not sure.
> 
> ~mark
> 

Hi all!
 
<Lurk mode off>
 
The "official" Klingon dialect seems to be lacking in quite a few areas,
most notably in the areas of human interest, i.e. art, humanities etc,
things a Klingon would not find at all interesting, most likely.
In the same way as a language such as English has "evolved" when brought
into contact with new countries (for instance North America), I
therefore propose we form our own dialect.  This seems to be the largest
active group of Klingon speakers in the world, so why not a sort of human
dialect?
 
Thanks
 
Chris
 
<lurk mode on>




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