[Tlhingan-hol] swimming Teddy-bears in Klingon

[Terrence Donnelly]

Well, this is a matter of opinion, but I have really mixed feelings about this. I also meet more Terrans than Klingons, but almost none of them want to talk Klingon, whether the proper words exist or not. Klingon isn't Esperanto, nobody seriously thinks that more "Earth culture" words are going to make the masses want to learn it. And the people I've known who did want to learn it also very much enjoyed the fiction that it was the language of an alien race, with its own culture. I'll grant you that words for types of Klingon animals are virtually useless, but more words for basic concepts (like "swimming") would be nice. Besides, asking what is the Klingon word for "postcard" is like asking what is the English word for "taco". A real Klingon would probably just refer to it as a {poSqarD}.

-- ter'eS

--- On Fri, 9/30/11, Lieven Litaer <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> ja' ter'eS:
> 
> > But how much of the new vocabulary is useful from a
> Klingon perspective?
> 
> Apparently, nothing. It seems that this was done on
> purpose. The website says:
> 
> "The Talk Now! CD-ROM covers everyday words Klingons would
> use if they lived on Earth today, including some brand new
> ones. Phrases that are unique to the Klingon culture are not
> included."
> 
> In my opinion this is a good thing, because I meet more
> terrans than Klingons. And we do have a lot of words that
> are only Klingon related which I never have used because I
> just don't need them.
> 
> Quvar.
>