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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Lament (Re: A demonstration of aspect we can all
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID jonpIn)
Wed Jun 13 14:26:18 2012
In-Reply-To: <4FD8D9E3.3090805@trimboli.name>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:26:03 +0200
From: "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
De'vID:
>> This is a problem. =A0I guess back in the day when there were no or very
>> few experts, most of the conversations on the list happened at a
>> beginner's or an intermediate level. =A0It's not that there's a lack of
>> beginners, but newbies are intimidated by long posts entirely in
>> Klingon (several people have told me this off-list), or long posts in
>> English about arcane corner cases of grammar.
SuStel:
> How about the facts that we're using antiquated and buggy software in an
> outmoded medium, discoverable only on an out-of-date website, and talking
> about a topic for which the inspiration is no longer present on current
> television, which is generally regarded as difficult, and which is always
> made fun of in the media? The only thing we have going for us is that
> nerdliness is generally more accepted these days.
I was in the middle of composing a reply to Qov pointing out exactly
these things, but you beat me to it.
SuStel:
> If the world worked the way I want it to, we'd have a news server includi=
ng
> kli.klingon, kli.grammar, and kli.support, and sensible posting guideline=
s.
>
> In the real world, we should have a web-based forum with a section for
> only-Klingon and a section for grammar, among others. I suggested such a
> forum years ago at a qep'a', but the old-fashioned computer-types didn't
> agree. However, I believe that to attract the young, you must present
> yourself in a format they are familiar with, and that's web forums.
Someone pointed me to http://klingon.org/smboard/ which I joined
recently, and which is run somewhat along those principles. It's also
dated, but less dated than the KLI web site.
-- =
De'vID
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