tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 29 10:17:12 2001
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Klingon Linguist Immortalised On Film
- From: Joel Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Klingon Linguist Immortalised On Film
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 10:17:01 -0700 (PDT)
(full article at http://www.trektoday.com/news/290501_03.shtml)
Not many linguists get a chance to have their features used as a basis for a cartoon character, but that's exactly what happened to the creator of the Klingon language, Marc Okrand.
Okrand was called upon by Disney to create an Atlantean language for their upcoming animated feature, 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire.' However, Okrand quickly found out that he had other, more cosmetic, uses, as he became a model for the main character, Milo Thatch.
"When I first met animator John Pomeroy, he said, 'I hope it doesn't bother you, but I'm going to be drawing sketches when I talk to you. You're the only linguist I've ever met, so I don't know what they look like or how they behave,'" Okrand told USA Today (via the SciFi Wire). ....
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