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Re: Klingonaase (fwd)

dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:23:06 1992

Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: John T. whelan <whelan@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date:    Thu, 9 Jan 92 12:35:16 -0800

	I got this message (indirectly) a few days ago, and this seems like a p
roductive place to pass it along

>Hello.  No, you don't know me.  But, I recently saw a posting of yours on
> the net and thought I ought to reply.  You see, I've recently started
> acquiring all the information I could on Klingon linguistics.  I'd like to
> use my PhD in psycholinguistics for something a little more frivolous and
> entertaining and this seemed like a good place to start.  You may already
> be familiar with one of my other efforts, a Klingon laser font which I
> designed for the Macintosh.  Of course I now also have PC versions
> available too.  This font is of the older MANDEL set of characters, but I'm
> working on a new font for the OKUDA characters right now.  Anyway, the
> point of all of this is that I'm trying to organize all the would-be
> Klingon linguists I can find, and get us into a more cohesive group and
> possibly (just possibly) eliminate wasted and duplicated efforts.  If
> you're interested, drop me a line by return email.  

His address is <schoen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>

>                                                     Or, if you have some
> materials that you've found that you want to share right off send them to
> me via surface mail at:
> 
> Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen
> Lake Forest College
> Lake Forest, IL  60045
> 
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Lawrence

	I got the following addendum today:

>I don't know if I mentioned it in my last letter, but I have the goal of
>actually putting out a regular journal if we can get rolling.  You might
>mention that to your contacts as well (so they can start giving some
>thought to articles...).  Also, any materials they might have on other
>aspects of Klingonaase (I'm assuming we've ALL got the Okrand dictionary)
>would be welcome.  If we can establish a common pool of information our
>progressive will be facilitated.

				Spreading the word,
					'artur
	"Have you *been* to California?
	 Do you *know* the sort of stuff they do there?"
				-- Arthur Dent, _So_Long,_
				   _and_Thanks_for_All_the_Fish_

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