“The law is perfectly clear,” Jerry Jelusich of Multnomah County’s Department of Human Services told a press conference in Portland, Oregon, “and it requires us to provide information in all the languages our clients speak. Mental health patients in this county currently speak a total of fifty-five languages, including some rather unusual ones, and that’s why we’re advertising a post for an interpreter who is fluent in Klingon.” Jelusich was explaining to reporters why government money was being used to fund a post for a linguist specialising in a fantasy language, invented for the Star Trek tv show. “Although it was created by Gene Roddenbury for a work of fiction, the Klingon language was designed from the outset to have a consistent grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. And recent research has shown that many people, and not just fans, now regard Klingon as a complete language. Moreover, we’ve had a growing number of cases involving mental health patients where Klingon is the only language they would speak. We need to communicate with them somehow, and if hiring a Klingon interpreter enables us to diagnose their problems more effectively, then it’s money well spent.” http://www.private-eye.co.uk/fow.htm
Money well spent? They should tell these darn Klingons to go back from where they came from, or learn the language here on earth! Try speaking Klingon in France.
Doesn't Columbia Commonwealth University now offer a holistic Ph.D. in theology which requires Greek & Klingon? IIRC, the dissertation must be written in Klingon. One recent dissertation was titled: Toward an Understanding of Agape/Romphut: Constructive Dialogue Between the Concepts of Christian Love & Klingon Violence.
But they don't have anyone who reads the language of the dissertation, a tradition carried over from Columbia Pacific.
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/klingon.asp is one of many websites explaining that the initial story is although not quite a hoax, points out that the good citizens of Portland are not throwing money away on this project. Regards, Michael Lloyd Mill Creek, Washington USA PS: Up in this neck of the woods, you can find Klingon interpreters for free. Just go to your nearest Microsoft campus and start swinging a batleth. Many of the people who watch you will not only cheer you on in guttural Klingon, but offer to correct your technique.
For those of us ... And for those of us who don't have the throat for Klingon, I'll stick with Pig-Latin! Arkmanstay
Serious Question Greetings Earthlings! Speaking of Klingons, Klingonese and things Klingon (so to speak), does anyone know if there is any real research (or anecdotal evidence of some kind) on whom the TV Klingons were based. In other words, are the Klingons, even remotely, based on some Earth culture. I'd be interested in any comments and potential resources you might suggest. Many thanks. Kenneth K. A.
Whazat ya'll fixen over yonder. No South Carolinian fonts needed. SC the Strom Thurmond State. Yeeeeeeee Haw!
At least they don't have Southern accents in Georgia. I watch CNN out of Atlanta and they sound just like me.
I believe that a rough translation would be I am rambling like an idiot or something along those lines clint
Re: Serious Question I have heard theories that the 'contemporary' Klingon culture, developed in part by Gene Roddenberry and others, is loosely based on certain elements of the feudal Samurai and Viking berserker cultures. The 'contemporary' Klingon culture as seen in ST-TNG and successor shows, is somewhat different from the Klingon culture shown in TOS. Although I have never looked, I suspect that there are thousands of website or newsgroup messages on this very subject. Regards, Michael Lloyd Mill Creek, Washington, USA Q'apla!
If Capt. Kirk handled the situation right years ago we wouldn't have this mess today. There goes the neighborhood.
I think I may have found the problem...it was Spock, not Kirk that lost sight of the goal! check this out http://emergingminister.com/video/bilbo.mov clint it might take a couple of minutes to download, but it is worth it
