to speakers of Klingon
from a NY Times article by Roy Blount Jr. on books about language: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/books/review/Blount-t.html?pagewanted=2
Speakers of Klingon have in common that they “are enjoying themselves. They are doing language for language’s sake, art for art’s sake. And like all committed artists, they will do their thing, critics be damned.” Klingon’s grammatical rules are flexible. “The language is just messy enough to be credible.”
netlh nav HablI'
In what other language can the noun phrase "ten thousand fax machines" have such power!
I am smiling at that.
d.
"And like all committed artists, they will do their thing, critics be damned.” - Roy Blount Jr.
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves" - Carl Jung
"A battle of good vs. evil ensues as Darken Rahl and his Mord'Sith interrupt Richard and Kahlan just as they are preparing to unleash the power of Orden, which would destroy the sinister tyrant once and for all."
d.
"And like all committed artists, they will do their thing, critics be damned.” - Roy Blount Jr.
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves" - Carl Jung
the power of ten thousand...