[87045] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The topic marker -'e'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Tue Nov 24 16:54:37 2009
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:53:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <4B0C5075.4090602@trimboli.name>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
--- On Tue, 11/24/09, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:
>
> > Alas, I find that "linguists tend to bring unnecessary
> preconceptions
> > to Klingon" is too often the case as well.
>
> I find that some Klingonists tend to hold unnecessary
> preconceptions of
> linguists, and maybe they shouldn't do that.
>
> --
Maybe if the linguists didn't usually act so arrogant, we wouldn't. Linguists in general should probably take a look at Arika Okrent and her book, for an example of how a linguist can actually make her presence in Klindom a mutually-enjoyable event.
-- ter'eS
