tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 22 02:00:46 1996
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Re: The role of the KLI
- From: "Lord Havelock Sinister" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: The role of the KLI
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:59:42 GMT
- Organization: North East Wales Institute
- Priority: normal
- Return-Receipt-To: "Lord Havelock Sinister" <[email protected]>
> >You're showing remarkable restraint. :-) Maybe we should commission him
> >to write a "real" dictionary the way we want to see it. Maybe we should
> >just bite the bullet and recognize that the language has grown to the
> >point that it no longer needs "parental approval" on grammatical issues.
> >Paramount has bestowed legitimacy upon the Klingon Language Institute;
> >perhaps the KLI's charter ought to be expanded to include *management*
> >of the language instead of simply studying it. qulyoD yIchu'!
>
> I agree, but mabye as creator Mark Okrand does deserve some consultation, it
> might be that he has the idea, but can't find the means to express it. On
> the other hand, Klingon is a growing language, mabye it's time it let go of
> its mothers apron strings.;-)
You have my wholehearted agreement. Just don't let it get to your
heads. What Paramount giveth, Paramount can taketh away ...
Alex.
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