tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 08 19:11:25 2000
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Life Skills You Never Knew You Had
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Life Skills You Never Knew You Had
- Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 19:13:25 -0700
The following blurb appears in the "Life Skills" section of the course
offerings brochure at my local community centre:
KLINGON CONVERSATION FOR BEGINNERS
Yes, Klingon! The Klingon language, as spoken by the bumpy-headed aliens
on Star Trek, was developed in order to add realism to the Star Trek
movies, and is a real, usable language. The course will cover the sounds
of Klingon, grammatical structures, vocabulary, idioms, common expressions,
and the fictional culture that determines appropriate discourse in the
language. Required text: The Klingon Dictionary by Marc Okrand.
Instructor: Robyn Stewart, known as Qov in the Klingon-speaking community,
has been involved with the Klingon language since 1988. She has served as
"Beginners' Grammarian" of the Klingon Language Institute, and in 'real
life' is a part time librarian and flight instructor (on airplanes, not
Klingon Birds of Prey).
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That's right, "Life Skills." Perhaps as in "Get a Life"? Now they want me
to do a press release. With any luck I'll get some flying students out of
this, too.