[Tlhingan-hol] Lament (Re: A demonstration of aspect we can all follow)

[De'vID jonpIn]

De'vID:
>> This is a problem.  I guess back in the day when there were no or very
>> few experts, most of the conversations on the list happened at a
>> beginner's or an intermediate level.  It's not that there's a lack of
>> beginners, but newbies are intimidated by long posts entirely in
>> Klingon (several people have told me this off-list), or long posts in
>> English about arcane corner cases of grammar.

SuStel:
> How about the facts that we're using antiquated and buggy software in an
> outmoded medium, discoverable only on an out-of-date website, and talking
> about a topic for which the inspiration is no longer present on current
> television, which is generally regarded as difficult, and which is always
> made fun of in the media? The only thing we have going for us is that
> nerdliness is generally more accepted these days.

I was in the middle of composing a reply to Qov pointing out exactly
these things, but you beat me to it.

SuStel:
> If the world worked the way I want it to, we'd have a news server including
> kli.klingon, kli.grammar, and kli.support, and sensible posting guidelines.
>
> In the real world, we should have a web-based forum with a section for
> only-Klingon and a section for grammar, among others. I suggested such a
> forum years ago at a qep'a', but the old-fashioned computer-types didn't
> agree. However, I believe that to attract the young, you must present
> yourself in a format they are familiar with, and that's web forums.

Someone pointed me to http://klingon.org/smboard/ which I joined
recently, and which is run somewhat along those principles.  It's also
dated, but less dated than the KLI web site.

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De'vID