[Tlhingan-hol] On the history of KLI

[Robyn Stewart]

> what does it mean by saying that "The language has even been used as a yardstick for unintelligibility in a publication as stolid as The Economist." ?

 

There is an English expression you probably know, “it’s Greek to me” and it’s also common for people to say things like “it might as well be written in Chinese” meaning that something that is supposed to communicate—it could be slang, a scientific paper, an economic theory—is unintelligible.  Because our society is becoming more international and there’s an awareness that it might be insulting to call someone’s language unintelligible, people are avoiding those comparisons.  From time to time you see serious writing that says, “it might as well be written in Klingon.”  I have even seen this in the Economist, a serious international business publication. I didn’t save the citation.

 

I pulled out my old HolQeD, jatmey and some KLI ephemera hoping to answer the logo question, but it’s complicated.  I’ll blog about it (so it can have pictures) and post the result.  The chance Marc Okrand had anything to do with the logo is vanishingly small.  If I recall correctly, both the words HolQeD and yejHaD are Lawrence coinages later blessed by Okrand.

 

- Qov

 

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:36 PM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh at wizage.net> wrote:

I can't answer most of your questions directly, but some are answered on the KLI website: http://www.kli.org/about-klingon/klingon-history/

 

qurgh

 

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:23 PM, qunnoQ HoD <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

there is a number of questions i would like to ask.. i know that these questions may sound strange,and many may wonder why they would be of any interest to me at all. i would be nevertheless grateful if anyone could provide any answers. 

because they are quite a few,i will write them in such a way,that a single word answer is required..

how long after the creation of klingon language was the KLI formed ?
did okrand know any of the founding members of KLI,prior to the creation of the language ?
has any of the founding members of KLI created vocabulary and/or grammar,which is considered canon ?

with regards to the KLI logo/emblem. (the spiked wheel,with the three blades within it..)

who designed it ?
how long has it been the logo of KLI ?
has Okrand had anything to do with its creation ?

qunnoQ

 

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