<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Many years ago, in my favorite conversation I read hear between two other Klingon speakers, one asked rhetorically whether or not speaking Klingon forced one to be rude. Someone else responded that no, speaking Klingon doesn't force one to be rude. Speaking "terran" forces one to be "vague, wittering and indecisive".</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Philip Newton wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 17:16, Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">From the List:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Nick Nickolas: "Is it just me (and I know for a fact it isn't), or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> does talking in Klingon actually force you to be rude?"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Richard Kennaway: "No, talking Terran forces you to be wittering,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> vague, and indecisive."<br></blockquote><br>Heh. I do find it difficult at times to be as straightforward, direct,<br>and concise as I imagine Klingons to be -- for example, to send an<br>email saying "send me your photos!" without padding it with "Dear<br>NAME" and "please" and the like.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Philip<br>-- <br>Philip Newton <<a href="mailto:philip.newton@gmail.com">philip.newton@gmail.com</a>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org">Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org</a><br>http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>