tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 05 21:45:00 2001
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Re: Klingon vs. Navajo
Heh. I saw that URL earlier. I meant to post it, but it was The Onion,
after all.
Speaking of which, has there been a resurgence of Klingon lately? I clipped
the following out of the local paper's editorial section last week:
"Heghle'neH QaQ jajvam"
Language spats are widespread, not just in Canada. Past solutions have
failed; the artificial language Esperanto, invented in 1887, was a grand
idea, yet never went anywhere.
But now, a solution may be found on Thursday evenings at the the
Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver, where instructor Robyn Stewart is
teaching a language free of politcal freight: Klingon. Developed for aliens
in the TV Series "Star Trek", it has a dictionary and a growing following.
With no native speakers, it has no emotional baggage. It is a little grim
-- a common salute is "today is a good day to die" -- but we still wodner
if it wouldn't be better than the alternatives as the world's official
language?
(From: The Vancouver Sun, Feb. 2, 2001, Editorials (page A14)).
Speaking of which, I saw a more credible article on Klingon vs. Esperanto
somewhere, but I lost the link (it was pretty recent too).
>ÝOne of the KSF members sent me this URL:
>
>Ý<A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/onion3526/klingon_navajo.html">Click here:
>Klingon Speakers Now Outnumber Navajo Speakers</A>
>
>Some time ago, I seem to remember Dr. Schoen or someone saying that it
>wasn't true that Klingon has more speakers than Navajo.Ý I'd like to
>know what those on this list think of this article.Ý Good publicity,
>nevertheless!
>
>Gennie Summers
>K'Zhen Zu-Merz
>Klingon Strike Force
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