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Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 16:22:29 +0100 (BST) From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk> To: Klingon Mailing List <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>, Klingon List <Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>, Lucifuge Rofocale <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <089e013a03a64d36eb04dbe5b4fe@google.com> Reply-To: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk> Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org --===============8809902930636144231== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-945802626-566780789-1367680949=:54922" ---945802626-566780789-1367680949=:54922 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Copy taken from the original Daily Post article posted 2013 05 04, reproduc= ed on my personal blog. Links to my post and the original Daily Post articl= e provided.=0AAccept the hyperbole with the customary small quantity of sod= ium chloride.=0A=0A----- Forwarded Message -----=0A=0AFrom: Alex Greene <al= exandertgreene@gmail.com>=0A>To: fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk =0A>Sent: Saturday, = 4 May 2013, 15:58=0A>Subject: [To Scape The Serpent's Tongue] The following= article is about me ...=0A> =0A>http://toscapetheserpentstongue.blogspot.c= om/2013/05/the-following-article-is-about-me.html=0A>=0A>=0A>http://www.dai= lypost.co.uk/news/local-news/red-carpet-treatment-klingon-expert-3408642=0A= >Red carpet treatment for Klingon expert at cinema=0A>All the stops pulled = out for him as the launch of Star Trek Into Darkness approaches=0A>AN IT ex= pert who speaks fluent Klingon will be given the red carpet treatment when = a cinema premieres the new Star Trek movie.=0A>Alex Greene has been appoint= ed an unofficial Klingon Ambassador to Wales by staff at the The Odeon cin= ema in Wrexham=E2=80=99s Eagles Meadow shopping centre as they prepare for = the big night.=0A>The cinema will be one of the first in the UK to screen t= he long-awaited Star Trek Into Darkness at precisely one minute past midnig= ht on Thursday.=0A>Alex's grasp of the intergalactic language is so good th= at he even writes poetry in Klingon. He will be given free passage to take = his place in the audience for the latest voyage of the iconic starship Ente= rprise and its brave crew.=0A>The 49-year-old is one of the country=E2=80= =99s leading experts on the language of the Klingons, the fierce warrior ra= ce who have been the implacable foes of Captain James Kirk and his comrades= since they first embarked on their intergalactic adventures on TV in the 1= 960s.=0A>Alex, of Wrexham, has been specially invited to the early morning = first screening by Odeon manager Andy Elvis.=0A>During the latest installme= nt of the Star Trek story the Enterprise battles against an unstoppable for= ce of terror from within their organisation =E2=80=93 and Kirk leads a manh= unt to a war zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.=0A= >Alex, who works as a freelance computer expert, has been a dedicated Trekk= ie since an early age. He decided to learn Klingon in 1986 =E2=80=93 and to= ok a year to master its considerable intricacies.=0A>He said: =E2=80=9CI ha= ve always enjoyed languages, listening to them and communicating with them.= Up to 1986 it had been French, Japanese and Esperanto.=0A>=E2=80=9CThen a = language specialist came up with an actual working grammar for Klingon for = one of the Star Trek movies. It was designed so that actors could easily le= arn a couple of lines for a script. But later a Klingon dictionary was publ= ished. I picked up a copy and learned Klingon.=E2=80=9D=0A>Alex was recentl= y hired by a large corporation =E2=80=93 he can=E2=80=99t reveal which one = =E2=80=93 to translate abstracts of some of its scientific documents into K= lingon. And S4C invited him to try to teach singer Sh=C3=A2n Cothi and natu= ralist Iolo Williams some Klingon when they visited Wrexham to film for the= Bro series.=0A>Alex can=E2=80=99t wait to see the latest Star Trek offerin= g, which stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana. He said: =E2=80= =9CI believe Star Trek Into Darkness =E2=80=93 which in Klingon is =E2=80= =98poH mIgh 'el leng Hov=E2=80=99 =E2=80=93 features a lot of stunning imag= ery that the earlier films did not have. I=E2=80=99m just hoping it stays f= aithful to the original vision of its creator Gene Roddenberry.=0A>Odeon ma= nager Andy Elvis said: =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re very fortunate to have such a= renowned expert on Klingon =E2=80=93 we just had to invite Alex to be one = of the first to see Star Trek Into Darkness.=E2=80=9D =0A>=0A>--=0A>Posted = By Alex Greene to To Scape The Serpent's Tongue on 5/04/2013 02:58:00 pm= =0A>=0A> ---945802626-566780789-1367680949=:54922 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ga= ramond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Copy taken from the original= Daily Post article posted 2013 05 04, reproduced on my personal blog. Link= s to my post and the original Daily Post article provided.<br>Accept the hy= perbole with the customary small quantity of sodium chloride.<br><br>----- = Forwarded Message -----<br><div><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid= rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><= div style=3D"font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt= ;"><div style=3D"font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font= -size: 12pt;"><div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> <b><span = style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alex Greene <alexandertgree= ne@gmail.com><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> f= iat_knox@yahoo.co.uk <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span= ></b> Saturday, 4 May 2013, 15:58<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subj= ect:</span></b> [To Scape The Serpent's Tongue] The following article is ab= out me ...<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container"><div style=3D"= text-align: center;"><a href=3D"http://toscapetheserpentstongue.blogspot.co= m/2013/05/the-following-article-is-about-me.html"><span style=3D"font-weigh= t: bold;">http://toscapetheserpentstongue.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-followin= g-article-is-about-me.html</span></a><br></div><br><div id=3D"yiv2083562697= "><center><a href=3D"" rel=3D"nofollow"><b>http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/= local-news/red-carpet-treatment-klingon-expert-3408642</b></a><div>=0A</div= ><h2><b>Red carpet treatment for Klingon expert at cinema</b></h2>=0A=0A<a = rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://i2.dailypost.co.uk/incomi= ng/article3408540.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/klingon-3408540.jpg"><img src=3D"http= ://i2.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article3408540.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/klingon-3= 408540.jpg" border=3D"0"></a><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size= : 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color= : transparent; font-style: normal;"><b>All the stops pulled out for him as = the launch of Star Trek Into Darkness approaches</b></div></center><div>=0A= =0AAN IT expert who speaks fluent Klingon will be given the red carpet trea= tment when a cinema premieres the new Star Trek movie.</div><div>=0A=0AAlex= Greene has been appointed an unofficial Klingon Ambassador to Wales by sta= ff at the The Odeon cinema in Wrexham=E2=80=99s Eagles Meadow shopping cen= tre as they prepare for the big night.</div><div>=0A=0A The cinema will be = one of the first in the UK to screen the long-awaited Star Trek Into Darkne= ss at precisely one minute past midnight on Thursday.</div><div>=0A=0A Alex= 's grasp of the intergalactic language is so good that he even writes poetr= y in Klingon. He will be given free passage to take his place in the audien= ce for the latest voyage of the iconic starship Enterprise and its brave cr= ew.</div><div>=0A=0A The 49-year-old is one of the country=E2=80=99s leadin= g experts on the language of the Klingons, the fierce warrior race who have= been the implacable foes of Captain James Kirk and his comrades since they= first embarked on their intergalactic adventures on TV in the 1960s.</div>= <div>=0A=0A Alex, of Wrexham, has been specially invited to the early morni= ng first screening by Odeon manager Andy Elvis.</div><div>=0A=0A During the= latest installment of the Star Trek story the Enterprise battles against a= n unstoppable force of terror from within their organisation =E2=80=93 and = Kirk leads a manhunt to a war zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mas= s destruction.</div><div>=0A=0A Alex, who works as a freelance computer exp= ert, has been a dedicated Trekkie since an early age. He decided to learn K= lingon in 1986 =E2=80=93 and took a year to master its considerable intrica= cies.</div><div>=0A=0AHe said: =E2=80=9CI have always enjoyed languages, li= stening to them and communicating with them. Up to 1986 it had been French,= Japanese and Esperanto.</div><div>=0A=0A =E2=80=9CThen a language speciali= st came up with an actual working grammar for Klingon for one of the Star T= rek movies. It was designed so that actors could easily learn a couple of l= ines for a script. But later a Klingon dictionary was published. I picked u= p a copy and learned Klingon.=E2=80=9D</div><div>=0A=0A Alex was recently h= ired by a large corporation =E2=80=93 he can=E2=80=99t reveal which one =E2= =80=93 to translate abstracts of some of its scientific documents into Klin= gon. And S4C invited him to try to teach singer Sh=C3=A2n Cothi and natural= ist Iolo Williams some Klingon when they visited Wrexham to film for the Br= o series.</div><div>=0A=0A Alex can=E2=80=99t wait to see the latest Star T= rek offering, which stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana. He sa= id: =E2=80=9CI believe Star Trek Into Darkness =E2=80=93 which in Klingon i= s =E2=80=98poH mIgh 'el leng Hov=E2=80=99 =E2=80=93 features a lot of stunn= ing imagery that the earlier films did not have. I=E2=80=99m just hoping it= stays faithful to the original vision of its creator Gene Roddenberry.</di= v><div>=0A=0AOdeon manager Andy Elvis said: =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re very for= tunate to have such a renowned expert on Klingon =E2=80=93 we just had to i= nvite Alex to be one of the first to see Star Trek Into Darkness.=E2=80=9D= =0A=0A=0A=0A<br><br>--<br>=0APosted By Alex Greene to <a rel=3D"nofollow= " target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://toscapetheserpentstongue.blogspot.com/20= 13/05/the-following-article-is-about-me.html">To Scape The Serpent's Tongue= </a> on 5/04/2013 02:58:00 pm</div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </b= lockquote> </div></div></body></html> ---945802626-566780789-1367680949=:54922-- --===============8809902930636144231== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Tlhingan-hol mailing list Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol --===============8809902930636144231==--
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