tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 29 11:50:41 2001
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Re: Klingon Linguist Immortalised On Film
- From: "Patrick Masterson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Linguist Immortalised On Film
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 18:50:27
>(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). ....
That's pretty cool. :) Do you think he'll publish the Atlantean Dictionary,
followed by The Atlantean Way and Atlantean for the Undersea Traveler? :)
(Hmm...how would you say "cool" in Klingon? Dun (it is wonderful) and pov
(it is excellent) might work. maj or majQa' might work too. Although, since
"cool" is slang, maybe the Klingon word should be slang too, in which case
I'd say qu'.)
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