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Re: mu' lo' QaQ 'oSbogh mu'tlheghmey

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

In a message dated 2004-06-03 11:00:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> As an advanced speaker, I think that the advanced speakers should not have
> any authority to declare truths about Klingon, to be followed by all.  I
> know most of the advanced speakers agree with me.  That simply isn't what
> the KLI is about.  Do what we do: form your own opinions about how things
> work, use the language that way, and communicate with others.  Your best
> chance of influencing common usage is by example, not by enforcement.
> 
> SuStel

As I see it, every sentence or utterance by anyone except Okrand is 
non-canon.  Therefore all speakers of Klingon create non-canon usage every day.  Why 
shouldn't the hard work of thinking how to say something be handed down to the 
beginners instead of forcing each new person to come up with his own way of 
saying something?  
Somehow you brought the KLI into the discussion.  I don't think of the KLI as 
any kind of language enforcers.  I wasn't asking for the advanced users or 
the KLI to 'declare truths' about Klingon.  But their usage is a fact.  It 
should be treated as valuable learning material too.  

How do you deal with words that have never been used in canon?  Do you use 
them yourself, or do you wait for clarification from Okrand?

lay'tel SIvten

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