[Tlhingan-hol] Proof that Klingon isn't just a few stock phrases.

Sun Jun 1 20:55:16 PDT 2014

Are you suggesting that I join THEIR geeky list in order to defend MY geeky list?

Eeewwww!

It is interesting that few are more critical of unusual hobbies than those who have DIFFERENT unusual hobbies. Those OTHER people are obviously wasting a lot of time doing something stupid, right?

Like, why should I learn Klingon when I could be memorizing football statistics, or collecting postage stamps or butterflies, or juggling, or playing role playing games, or video games, or canasta, or square dancing, or karate, or spending quality time in a suntanning salon, or getting tattoos or piercings, or yodeling, or memorizing old Fireside Theater albums, or learning pi out to 100 places, or tap dancing, or…

Hmm. 

I already do about half those things.

Anyway, we don’t need reasons to do things. If they interest us and bring us smiles, that is enough. And it’s okay for people to do those other things, too. There are people enough to do everything, and no reason for us all to do the same narrow set of things.

Though the world would be cooler if more of us spoke Klingon.

lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably

On Jun 1, 2014, at 11:26 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw at gmail.com> wrote:

> This specialized mailing list is not the best place to demonstrate the communication capabilities inherent in the Klingon language. You're preaching to the choir here. 
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> lay'tel SIvten
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> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:03 PM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hearing that ignorant masses apparently think Klingon isn’t a “real” language and that it’s just a geeky thing with a few Star Trek-centric things you can say with it, I feel like telling you stuff about my non-Star Trek-centric life, in the Warrior’s tongue, for no other reason than to prove the point that the criticism is actually ignorant.
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> No, I won’t claim that it’s not geeky. I’m merely arguing with the assertion that you can’t speak in Klingon on a variety of topics. I also won’t promise that I’ll be universally understood. Likely, some people here will understand me easily, while some may argue with my word choices or grammatical constructions. Some of them will likely be right, but that misses the point.
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> The point is, here’s stuff I can say using the language.
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> DaHjaj juHmajvo’ tlheD be’nalwI’. ‘ev-chanDaq Dab qorDu’Daj. pa’ pawmeH, qaStaHvIS Soch rep ghoSnIS. DaHjaj latlh Qu’ vIghaj, vaj naDev jIratlh.
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> vengwIjDaq bommeH ghom be’pu’. Hoch DIS much. DaHjaj qaS DISvam wanI’.
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> tamHa’moHmeH luch vIghaj. be’pu’vam vItamHa’moHmeH luchwIj vIlo’.
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> jan lo’ wa’ be’. may’ron rur, ‘ach tlhuHbe’. Sirghmey law’ ‘ej mupwI’Hommey law’ ghaj janvam. bomwI’pu’ qat be’vam.
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> be’pu’vam vItoghpu’be’. chaq wejmaH. chaq loSmaH. qan HochHom, ‘ach Qup ‘op. chuSbe’. bomDI’ jIbel.
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> vItamHa’moHtaHvIS, vIqon. vItamHa’moHmo’ loQ muparHa’, ‘ach vIqonmo’ mumuSHa’.
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> muqaDchu' Qu’vam. chuS vaS. chuSmeH ngItlhDu’wIj vIlo’DI’ ngajchu’ nItlh wab, ‘ach nI’ vaS wab.
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> toH, vaS wab moj luchwIj wab, ‘ej vaS wab Qoy luchwIj, ‘ej tamHa’moH (‘ej tamHa’qu’moH, ‘ej tamHa’chu’moH…). chuSchu’choH. qoghDu’Daq ghopDu’ lan Hoch, ‘ej berghchoH.
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> toH luchwIj vIlo’DI’, jIyepchu’.
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> DaHjaj vItamHa’moHmeH, jIQapta’. vIqonmeH, vIQapta'’a’? wej jIbej. rInbe’ Qu’vam.
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> lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
> Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably
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