I do have a copy of the klingion dictionary, there are perhaps enough words
defined you could actually use it to communicate with actually.....--- no
joke...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom of Bunyon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:47 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Oh Brother...
> ....now I've heard it all:
>
> ***********
>
> "Klingon Interpreter Sought for Mental Health Patients
>
> May 12 2003
>
> Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon.
>
> The language created for the "Star Trek" TV series and movies is one of
> about 55 needed by the office that treats mental health patients in
> metropolitan Multnomah County, Oregon.
>
> "We have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak,"
> said Jerry Jelusich, a procurement specialist for the county Department of
> Human Services, which serves about 60,000 mental health clients.
>
> Although created for works of fiction, Klingon was designed to have a
> consistent grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
>
> And now Multnomah County research has found that many people - and not
> just fans - consider it a complete language.
>
> "There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this
> was all they would speak," said the county's purchasing administrator,
> Franna Hathaway.
>
> County officials said that obliges them to respond with a Klingon-English
> interpreter, putting the language of starship Enterprise officer Worf and
> other Klingon characters on a par with common languages such as Russian
> and Vietnamese, and less common tongues including Dari and Tongan.
>
> AP"
> ************
>
> ....amazing!!
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/11/1052591677008.html
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