tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 19 11:50:14 1996
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Re: perpetual Today Is A *****
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: perpetual Today Is A *****
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:37:24 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (messagefrom Dennis Orosz on Fri, 19 Jan 1996 05:52:49 -0800)
Another thing to bear in mind when thinking about "modifying" "adapting"
and "changing" the language is exactly what *will* happen as it grows.
Remember that THE ONE SOURCE for Things Klingon is Marc Okrand. That's the
only one that's recognized as official, and not just by us. He's the one
main published author. Now, say you're a newcomer to Klingon, and you come
to the list... and you try to make sense of some statements. You go
through the whole grammar, the entire dictionary, every issue of HolQeD,
every official pronouncement... and it still doesn't make sense because
they're using an unofficial innovation, or a blatantly English idiom (and
you're not an English-speaker). Thus, permitting wholesale change and
ignoring the grammar in fact *hinders* the growth.
~mark