Due Date: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
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Please post your comments about the Klingon language (another "planned language," next to Esperanto....) on this blog!
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I think it's amusing that an entire language has sprung up from a television series. The fanbase of Star Trek is that devoted to their shows; other, such as Lost, seem to only have their own slang. I especially like the humorous sounds the creator has included in Klingon, like the gagging sound meant to mean "restaurant".
The Klingon language and its popularity is funny to me. It is hard to believe that a made up language has gained so much popularity that there are books written about it and that there was a camp formed in order for people to come and learn the language. I myself find it pretty silly; yet, I think it would be interesting to be able to communicate with people from other countries by means of a made up language.
It's amazing that Klingon is such a popular language simply because it was based on a television series. The fact that people still learn the language despite that it was specifically designed to be difficult to both speak and understand shows the utmost dedication to the fans of Star Trek. The truth is that Klingon has no practical use and is only understood by a small population. The language is useful as a hobby but not much else.
What has our world come to? Our society now devotes an entire language to a movie?? How much free time does a person have nowadays? Its funny how, Klingon became more popular, probably only because it was based off a movie and not that it made any sense like Esperanto does.
Right now, I can imagine this long line of "Trekies" dressed in their most flamboyant Star Trek attire, raising a hand with space in-between the middle and ring fingers and greeting each other with, "live long and prosper." With the new movie based on the show coming out this summer, we can only predict a rise in this type of behavior in our society. I personally will be exposed to this level of nerdiness as I have a good friend who would identify as a "Treky." However, as long as there is no legitmate push to make Klignon a class in our schools, I will continue to "support" it.
This article is almost laughable. I understand that the "treky crowd" takes their Klingon seriously, or at least humorously, but it is really used in churches and other serious environments?
In my blog post about Esperanto, I commented on how the language has probably been struggling to succeed because it has a lack of home, or group to be proud of it. Clearly, this is why Klingon HAS succeeded. It is a way for Star Trek fans to unite and interact with each other in a special way.
I would never consider this its own language or think twice about it. I guess technically it is a language but I didn't know it was this popular. It is humorous that a language from this kind of TV series can be taken seriously by people. I have seen people who are obsessed with this second world but devoting a language to it is ridiculous and ignoring reality.
I knew about Klingon prior to reading this article. Star Trek is a weird phenomenon that people seem to thoroughly enjoy. I see this as the equivalent to the Harry Potter series for the younger generation.
There is nothing wrong with going to camps and learning Klingon. As long as the fans don't decide that Star Trek is a reality, I don't see any harm in people having fun with using the language.
I suppose it would be like Pig Latin. Individuals use this langauge for fun as well. People find all sorts of ways to entertain themselves with the use of language.
it's humorous that Klingon is such a popular language, and it's only because it was based of a television series. And that television show is star trek. I personally believe it's humors to spend time learning a made up language from a Television show, when you could be learning a real language that could benefit you for the future. Star Trek is a odd popular show that obviously had/has a huge fan base to learn this made up language.
I have heard klingon and many references made about it. I have always been amused by this "language", it sounds so funny. It is interesting to discover how it started and how many people take interest in it and see how popular this has become.
It always amazes me what people will do because of television and movies. This is a language that has no place outside of the Star Trek movie or show set,yet,many people have learned it and use it. The power of television is remarkable. I do not think that it is really fair to compare Esperanto to the Klingon language. Esperanto was made with the intention of creating a more universal languge to encourage communication between different culture groups; whereas, the Klingon language was made specifically for a movie set. These languages have two different purposes and should not be put in the same group.
I never watched Star Trek so I had never heard of Klingon. I think it is interesting that a language has been developed from a television show. It is unbelievable how much people can get into a show. Something that was meant just for a show has begun to create a new language entirely.
I can not believe this. Yes I understand it is a classified language but it just seems absolutely ridiculous to me. Weddings? Schools? The Bible?! Are people really that hard up for Klingon?
I find it very amusing that they have used Klingon as a language based upon a television series. What will they come up with next? It is one thing to air a show with such a language, but then to actually use this language outside of the show is ridiculous. The fact that I'm not a Star Trek fan might be the reason why I think this language is absurd. It makes it hard for one to understand what is going on if they don't actually understand what they are talking about. For someone like me who never watches the show, would have problems anyway trying to understand what is going on.
I think it is a great but funny idea to follow and speak a made up language, from a popular television show. The Klingon language has had a huge following, with all the Star Trek Si-Fi fans. I know besides the Klingon language, Tokin also created a language for his Lord of The Rings series which is also has a large following. I support these languages because it allows the fans to feel more connected to the show, and the shows following. I do not believe that that this will become a respected language outside it followers, but is perfectly normal in my book.
Translating to Bible in Klingon... wow! That is pretty extreme. I find it pretty humorious that all of this came from a TV show. I cannot believe how popular this language has become over the years, and how much time and effort people put into studying this language that is based off of a TV show!! This really gets me, what in the world do people do with their lives?!?
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