[96398] in tlhIngan-Hol
[Tlhingan-hol] qaDHommey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fiat Knox)
Thu Jun 6 14:04:54 2013
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 19:04:18 +0100 (BST)
From: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
To: Alex Greene <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>,
Klingon Mailing List <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>,
Klingon Mailing List <Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Reply-To: Fiat Knox <fiat_knox@yahoo.co.uk>
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The wonderful thing about being a Klingonist, whether amateur or gifted ama=
teur, is the little challenges people throw at you. "What's X in Klingon?" =
being something I imagine everybody here has heard thrown at them at some t=
ime or another. And being branded "The Only Klingon Speaker In Wales" means=
I get it from all over - including flack that would have been directed at =
other, quieter, local Klingonists but for the fact that I present a bigger,=
louder target.=0A=0AWelsh Klingonists, you don't all have to line up to th=
ank me.=0A=0A=0AToday's was 'What's "bacon" in Klingon?" directed to me in =
town.=0A=0A=0ABefore I could reply, a friend said 'It probably sounds like =
"Blaaargh."' Then all eyes turned to look at me.=0A=0AMy reply: 'It's writt=
en down as "{targh Somraw SIjlu'ta'bogh}," but it's pronounced "Blaaargh." =
But with a Klingon accent.'=0A=0AImprov. If there's one thing all this expo=
sure to tlhIngan Hol has done for me, it's a talent for improv like nobody'=
s business.=0A=0AI assume Maltz has never come forth with the word for "bac=
on." Now would not be a good time to find out he can only eat kosher.=0A
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ga=
ramond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>The wonderful thi=
ng about being a Klingonist, whether amateur or gifted amateur, is the litt=
le challenges people throw at you. "What's X in Klingon?" being something I=
imagine everybody here has heard thrown at them at some time or another. A=
nd being branded "The Only Klingon Speaker In Wales" means I get it from al=
l over - including flack that would have been directed at other, quieter, l=
ocal Klingonists but for the fact that I present a bigger, louder target.</=
span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:=
garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: =
normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-siz=
e: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: tran=
sparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Welsh Klingonists, you don't all have
to line up to thank me.<br></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);=
font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-co=
lor: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style=3D=
"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times=
,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Today's w=
as 'What's "bacon" in Klingon?" directed to me in town.<br></span></div><di=
v style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new =
york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><=
span></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-=
family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-=
style: normal;"><span>Before I could reply, a friend said 'It probably soun=
ds like "Blaaargh."' Then all eyes turned to look at me.</span></div><div s=
tyle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new
york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br>=
<span></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font=
-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font=
-style: normal;"><span>My reply: 'It's written down as "{targh Somraw SIjlu=
'ta'bogh}," but it's pronounced </span><span>"Blaaargh." But with a Klingon=
accent.'</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; f=
ont-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; f=
ont-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0=
); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-=
color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Improv. If there's one thing=
all this exposure to tlhIngan Hol has done for me, it's a talent for impro=
v like nobody's business.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fo=
nt-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color=
:
transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style=3D"col=
or: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,ser=
if; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I assume Malt=
z has never come forth with the word for "bacon." Now would not be a good t=
ime to find out he can only eat kosher.<br></span></div></div></body></html=
>
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