Klingon/Language Discussion

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

Overall, give a structured professional presentation and you'll do great. Most of the time businesses will just be amazed even if you did it in your boxers and spoke in Klingon.

I'd be amazed to see someone do a serious presentation in boxers while speaking Klingon...

[meatmanek]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I'd be amazed to see someone do a serious presentation in boxers while speaking Klingon...

I could just imagine someone with a PowerPoint presentation behind them which has bullet points in Klingon:

• Hab SoSlI' Quch!
• nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'
• Sujatlh 'e' yImev

Disclaimer: I do not mean any insult to your mother.

EDIT: Apparently some people can't take a joke. Seriously, this isn't an insult. It's a JOKE.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I'd be amazed to see someone do a serious presentation in boxers while speaking Klingon...

qoD yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' leghnISlu'? So'laHchugh, qayay'qangmoH. qaD'a'Daq HInej. much Sagh vInob, tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhtaHvIS. yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' vItuQtaH 'e' DavoqnIS.

Do the boxers have to be visible? If not, I'm willing to amaze you. Find me at Championship and I'll give you a serious presentation in Klingon. You'll have to take my word for it that I'm wearing boxers.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

qoD yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' leghnISlu'? So'laHchugh, qayay'qangmoH. qaD'a'Daq HInej. much Sagh vInob, tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhtaHvIS. yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' vItuQtaH 'e' DavoqnIS.

Do the boxers have to be visible? If not, I'm willing to amaze you. Find me at Championship and I'll give you a serious presentation in Klingon. You'll have to take my word for it that I'm wearing boxers.

I was hoping you would speak up.

[meatmanek]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

qoD yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' leghnISlu'? So'laHchugh, qayay'qangmoH. qaD'a'Daq HInej. much Sagh vInob, tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhtaHvIS. yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' vItuQtaH 'e' DavoqnIS.

Do the boxers have to be visible? If not, I'm willing to amaze you. Find me at Championship and I'll give you a serious presentation in Klingon. You'll have to take my word for it that I'm wearing boxers.

The real question is: What will the presentation be about?

[Roger]

qoD yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' leghnISlu'? So'laHchugh, qayay'qangmoH. qaD'a'Daq HInej. much Sagh vInob, tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhtaHvIS. yopwaHHom Qey'Ha' vItuQtaH 'e' DavoqnIS.

Geesh. I can't even speak decent Elvish. And the robot sometimes doesn't understand my C when I speak it in a BASIC accent.

(sorry, getting off the OP)

[FIRST Rocks]

Originally Posted by Roger

Geesh. I can't even speak decent Elvish. And the robot sometimes doesn't understand my C when I speak it in a BASIC accent.

(sorry, getting off the OP)

At least you can quasi-speak Elvish and know C programming code. The only other language I know is Galactic Basic!

I'd love to be able to speak Klingon!

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by FIRST Rocks

I'd love to be able to speak Klingon!

Klingon is a remarkably easy language to learn. It has very simple rules of grammar and very few exceptions. If you're serious about learning it, you must join the tlhIngan-Hol email discussion group. If you're only half-serious, you should still check out the Klingon Language Institute.

Anyone with an interest in Klingon language is welcome to find me at an event (I'll usually be in the TechnoKats pit) and talk about it.

[Roger]

Tribbles need not apply.

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Klingon is a remarkably easy language to learn. It has very simple rules of grammar and very few exceptions. If you're serious about learning it, you must join the tlhIngan-Hol email discussion group. If you're only half-serious, you should still check out the Klingon Language Institute.

Anyone with an interest in Klingon language is welcome to find me at an event (I'll usually be in the TechnoKats pit) and talk about it.

Now I might just try to learn Klingon, but I should probably wait until school's out to make sure it doesn't hurt my Spanish grade. Not sure if I can manage to learn 2 languages at once.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Roger

Tribbles need not apply.

That's true, for a number of reasons. First among them is that tribbles are fictional creatures which do not exist.

Before anyone pipes up saying Klingons are fictional too, consider the distinction between the aliens and the language. Klingons obviously don't exist outside the stories, but the language which shares their name is spoken by people in the real world.

Originally Posted by raymaniac

Now I might just try to learn Klingon, but I should probably wait until school's out to make sure it doesn't hurt my Spanish grade. Not sure if I can manage to learn 2 languages at once.

Good plan. Most people do experience interference between multiple non-native languages until they reach a sufficient level of fluency in one of them.

Epsilon Delta and the TechnoKats don't share any regionals this year. Come see me at the Championship if a) you'll be there, and b) you're still curious about Klingon. I will be sure to bring some materials to show off (and some to give out).

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Come see me at the Championship if a) you'll be there, and b) you're still curious about Klingon. I will be sure to bring some materials to show off (and some to give out).

Thanks, I'll look for you.

[Roger]

That's true, for a number of reasons. First among them is that tribbles are fictional creatures which do not exist.

I hear that's what the tribbles say about the klingons. But they don't like the klingons anyway.




On a similar subject, I was watching the sign language interpreter during the speeches at Manchester yesterday. (It was better than falling asleep ) It certainly is an expressive language and I could almost understand the "words" (or more likely phrases), at least after Dean spoke them. One phrase that I saw multiple times was a shrug with the phrase signed. It didn't seem like a question. Also, it got me wondering if interpreters can have regional accents?

[JaneYoung]

It certainly is an expressive language and I could almost understand the "words" (or more likely phrases)

In learning sign language, you are taught to be expressive. Many interpreters are very expressive/animated in their faces while they are signing. That is because gestures, faces, sign - is what the deaf have to communicate with. I love to watch interpreters.
If you have ever seen a signing choir, it is totally amazing.

Jane

[Roger]

Jane, thanks for the PM explaination about "shrugs". I figured it had to do with the speech, but with the time delay between Dean and the interpreter, and the interpreter and me, and me wanting to take a nap, I couldn't quite place it. I agree it must be Dean saying "I don't know" or similar, not the interpreter saying "I have no idea what this guy is talking about".

That is not an easy job, interpreting!