HAHAHAHA! POKE FUN AT THE TREKKIE!

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-10-01 10:43pm

I know a bit of native venusian.
It goes:
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Ah
AH
AH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUC-
IT BUUUURNS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
etc.

Not the best place to be.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-10-01 10:55pm

Nathan F wrote:It's actually an officially recognized language, isn't it?

Yep yep

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2003-10-02 02:28am

Xenophobe3691 wrote:
StimNeuro wrote: Probably not too hard. The Trekkies who created the full language probably spoke English and probably subconsciously modeled it after English.
Trekkies didn't create it, it was created for the Third ST movie by a Dr. Marc Okrand. It's a viable language all its own.

I thought that while it had been semi-created for the movie, it was actually fans who fleshed out the language and given it rules and such.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-10-02 02:47am

Don't they say that 99% of everyday speech involves less than a hundred words? It's probably not that difficult to invent a language for the purpose of a sci-fi show.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-10-02 03:15am

Darth Wong wrote:Don't they say that 99% of everyday speech involves less than a hundred words? It's probably not that difficult to invent a language for the purpose of a sci-fi show.

They've done Shakespeare in Klingon, Mike.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-02 03:17am

Xenophobe3691 wrote:
Nathan F wrote:It's actually an officially recognized language, isn't it?
Yep yep

Only as an invented language, in the same boat as Esperanto, Quenya, and Sindarin.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-10-02 03:39am

Dalton wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Don't they say that 99% of everyday speech involves less than a hundred words? It's probably not that difficult to invent a language for the purpose of a sci-fi show.
They've done Shakespeare in Klingon, Mike.

They've also done Shakespeare in plain English, using normal vocabulary.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-10-02 03:41am

Darth Wong wrote:
Dalton wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Don't they say that 99% of everyday speech involves less than a hundred words? It's probably not that difficult to invent a language for the purpose of a sci-fi show.
They've done Shakespeare in Klingon, Mike.
They've also done Shakespeare in plain English, using normal vocabulary.

Come now, Shakespeare isn't exactly everyday speech.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-10-02 03:42am

Dalton wrote:Come now, Shakespeare isn't exactly everyday speech.

I guess I would have to see one of the plain-English Shakespeare translations in order to see how much vocabulary is really necessary.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-10-02 04:15am

Darth Wong wrote:
Dalton wrote:Come now, Shakespeare isn't exactly everyday speech.
I guess I would have to see one of the plain-English Shakespeare translations in order to see how much vocabulary is really necessary.

Uh...translations, Mike?

Oh, you mean from the thee-speak, right?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-03 07:16am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Xenophobe3691 wrote:
Nathan F wrote:It's actually an officially recognized language, isn't it?
Yep yep
Only as an invented language, in the same boat as Esperanto, Quenya, and Sindarin.

Technically aren't all languages invented?

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-10-03 11:42am

Gandalf wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Xenophobe3691 wrote: Yep yep
Only as an invented language, in the same boat as Esperanto, Quenya, and Sindarin.
Technically aren't all languages invented?

More like 'evolved'.

The difference is that English, the so-called "Romance' languages like Italian, and the Slavic languages are still evolving, adding words and phrases all the time. The 'Invented Languages' like Quenya are static, for the most part.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » 2003-10-03 12:53pm

I own a copy of 'Hamlet - in Klingon'.

I had to get it for English class, and this one was less than half the price of the regular version. (It comes with both the Klingon and original versions.)

Reading in class just became more interesting...

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-10-03 01:53pm

Raven wrote:I own a copy of 'Hamlet - in Klingon'.

I had to get it for English class, and this one was less than half the price of the regular version. (It comes with both the Klingon and original versions.)

Reading in class just became more interesting...

I'd like to see a comparison of scenes in English and Klingon. It would be interesting to see how close the Klingon version kept to the intent and timing of the words.

After all, Shakespear was notorious for puns and jokes hidden within, some of which modern audiences miss.