tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 27 04:32:54 1999
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Re: KLBG
- From: [email protected] (Christiane Scharf)
- Subject: Re: KLBG
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 13:36:14 +0200
jatlh Holtej:
>
>> BTW: it's KLBC, not KLBG. The abbreviation stands for: Klingon Language
>> Beginner's Contribution.
>
>Wow, just when I thought I had seen every possible interpretation of what
KLBC might be,
>some creative person comes up with another one. :)
I think I've seen the interpretation "Contribution" before. Unfortunately I
thought it was the right one...
>As it turns out, the original
>suggestion was for a beginner's conversation, where beginners could
read/write back and
>forth, using simple, direct sentences for practice. Then the Beginner's
Grammarian
>position was added, and the rest is history. The C in KLBC was for
Conversation.
De'vam vIqawHa'ba'. HIvqa' veqlargh.
>
>That little tidbit had been forgotten for a long time, though, and many
alternative
>suggestions were put forth.
... of which I remembered the wrong one.
>SuStel, if I remember correctly, called it the Beginner's
>Corner (which I really liked). Other ones were "Club" and "Conference."
There were
>probably others, too.
mu'mey law' 'oSlaH "C". qech rap lu'oSmo' mu'mey puS mujchu'be'.
I once suggested "Klingon's a Little Bit Complicated" for fun.
>
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>> -- temporary BG
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