tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 22 09:10:41 1996
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On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Matt Gomes wrote:
> qaghItlhneS:
>
> : >> Hi, everyone!
> : >> I just subscribed to this list, so I thought I'd introduce myself.
> : >> My name is Dave, and I'm a student at Indiana Univ. I'm a major fan of all
> : >> the Star Trek series, but like STNG the best. I'm studying Linguistics
> : >> here, concentrating on Romance languages, especially French. I am also
> : >> very interested in learning tlhIngan. I have bought the Klingon
> : >> Dictionary and the book "Teach Yourself Klingon". I was just wondering,
> :
> : *snip*
> :
> : What book, _Teach yourself Klingon_?? Is this one of :-) what's-his-name's
> : books? Is it worth looking at?
> :
> : tevram
>
> Yes... it is "what's-his-name's"... It's worth BUYING if you want to learn
> highly idiomatic (and sometimes blatently wrong) tlhIngan Hol...
>
> -majIq
>
What is with this guy (the author of the book)? I've gotten a couple of
responses from people who know this book (and many who don't) and they
all hate it. What's up with the book and the author? Should I even
consider learning what is within its pages or find something better?
Dave