tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 09 01:38:01 2000
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Re: language vs. culture (was Re: Teaching Klingon)
- From: "marian danzig" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: language vs. culture (was Re: Teaching Klingon)
- Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 09:37:51 GMT
> >In other words, does anyone worry about not being able to separate the
>very
> >un-Klingon process from the Klingon language?
>
>Not me. I'm using a language, not immersing myself in a culture. I do
>try to make appropriate use of idiom, including Star Trek references when
>they help to get my point across. But I'm not doing it in order to enjoy
>a fictional culture. I'm doing it in order to enjoy the company of many
>people who speak the language.
are the two necessarily mutually exclusive? you make it sound like you'd be
willing to eat gagh, so long as it was dead.
-S'Qal-
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