There are plenty of people like that at Sci-Fi conventions. Which is one of the many reasons I love Sci-Fi conventions :D
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: RE: Klingon language enthusiasts disturb me... was Re: Goodbye Redux > I heard Liv Taylor speaking on how much she enjoyed learning "Elvish" for her role in the movies. They and language experts on hand to authentically translate lines in the script. I would say "elvish" has just is just as much a living language as "klingon" for many of the same reasons. Now what could be cool is somebody who was bi-lingual, fluent in both languages. That would defiantly be somebody with too much time on their hands. > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ....-----Original Message----- > ....From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:56 PM > ....To: CF-Community > ....Subject: RE: Klingon language enthusiasts disturb me... was Re: Goodbye > ....Redux > .... > ....> -----Original Message----- > ....> From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:32 PM > ....> To: CF-Community > ....> Subject: Re: Klingon language enthusiasts disturb me... was Re: Goodbye > ....> Redux > ....> > ....> hmmm. Maybe the only invented languages that have actual speakers? Not > ....> sure. > .... > ....Even been to a DragonCon? You'll hear plenty of elvish speakers. ;^) > .... > ....Tolkien used to meet people on the street that would converse with him in > ....elvish - he often signed copies of his books in elvish. It's often been > ....said that he only wrote his books as vehicles to explain the evolution of > ....his invented languages. > .... > ....As far somebody translating "Hamlet" to Klingon - why not? People got > ....time > ....in their hands and it keeps them off the streets. It reminds me of those > ....guys doing the entire film "Star Wars" as animated ASCII art. > .... > ....Personally I think both are kind of silly (copying source material rather > ....than the creation of something "new") but still... > .... > ....Jim Davis > .... > .... > .... > .... > .... > .... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149832 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
