Jae Onasi Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 As read in this article about a company creating a Klingon dictionary for their translation programs: A man spoke only Klingon to his son for the first 3 years of his life to discover if his son would learn it. Apparently his son started to pick it up. However, "As for Speers, who still gets nostalgic when he recalls singing the Klingon lullaby “May the Empire Endure” with his son at bedtime, the experiment was a dud. His son is now in high school and doesn’t speak a word of Klingon." Dad says he's not a big Star Trek fan. Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Graffiti Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 wat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 This guy must be a prince of geekdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I don't know how Klingon sounds like, but should be better than teach him Shyriiwook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAthos Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrtoken Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Well, it probably has the same effect as learning Esperanto, so it's not that useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Well, it probably has the same effect as learning Esperanto, so it's not that useless. Actually I think more people actually speak Klingon than Esperanto haha. I think the reason it failed was the language wasn't reinforced. Like in my case, when I was a toddler I spoke Japanese quite a bit. but as I grew up I only spoke English in the house, and learned only English in school. Now I can barely speak ANY Japanese. Had the kid grown up always speaking both languages he COULD feasably have been able to actually speak it fluently. Of course that skill is only useful in conventions and MAYBE an acting career... in Star Trek films. We should just give them an island where all "Klingons" can go. Make it like a theme park. Just make sure they are kept behind the electric fences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Poor Kid, surely thats Child abuse... Star Trek is Crap, he could of at least taught Huttese to the kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Poor Kid, surely thats Child abuse... Star Trek is Crap, he could of at least taught Huttese to the kid Are you sure teaching a kid a language spoken only by fat people is a good way to build self esteem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quanon Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Why couldn't he teach a more usefull language? I mean, in a certain way his father wasn't on a wrong track. Teaching your kid a second language from a young age, isn't bad at all. Of course, Klingon would prove this made up language is as good as any language, which kind of proof this made up universe isn't just pure bullocks. Of some kind... don't know for sure, if it really would have point to learn your kid a made up language... Well at least the kid didn't get abused badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Silly Saber Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Weird... They do say that young kids are sponges for info/learning, and the best time to teach them different languages is at an extremely young age.. but Klingon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Are you sure teaching a kid a language spoken only by fat people is a good way to build self esteem? Throws Star wars Books and Comics at Hallucination in disgust! Most people in the outer rim, Bounty Hunters and gangsters and certain other races speak Huttese as lingua franca, Notably Boba Fett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shem Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 The good news is the dad said he'll start speaking English to the kid so that way he'll be able to communicate with his psychiatrist when he gets older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverNight Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 That is so epic! Maybe I just like Star Trek too much, but I think the idea of teaching a little kid Klingon is awesome... and takes real dedication on the part of the parent. Think about it, the Dad had to learn Klingon first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Are you sure teaching a kid a language spoken only by fat people is a good way to build self esteem? Since when is Michael Dorn fat? Some of the geekiest people I know are skinny as rails, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Graffiti Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 He was talking about Hutts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 He was talking about Hutts. D'oh!! My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 I don't see *too much* harm in teaching an eclectic fan nerd language to your kid. Better than teaching him/her to 'light one up'--or lighting flatulent emissions for that matter. Whatever those mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Meh...every child <age of 4/5 can learn any language fluently. If you put an American baby in a Chinese family, it'll imitate the Chinese sounds it hears, which form the basis for a language. It'll learn Chinese. However, it won't hear English sounds ánd won't learn English. Many parents think their child says 'Dada' or 'Mama' but they're simply replying/practicing the 'A' sound. Sounds that they don't hear, won't be remembered. The sounds that they hear form the basis for their T1 language. Some parents over here deliberately speak English AND Dutch to their children. That way the baby will be 'programmed' for both so to speak. There are international schools over here, teaching both languages. There's a lobby here going on about teaching some basic English to children in this 'Language sensitive' period. Anyways, away with the theories. Just pointing out you can seriously teach your child EVERY language you want if you want it. Although I doubt Klingon will stand good on your CV. "What stands you apart from the other candidates for the position?" *Enraged battle cry* "Right..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 i can still learn any language fluently because i refuse to mature mentally or emotionally i just absorb languages like a sponge and my manic episodes and childlike disposition squeeze it all into bowl and decanter it into something i like to call englispaniportuitaliafrenjapman. so which one of you wants to throw on a red, white and blue french maid outfit and some geisha makeup and look pretty while i make us some spaghetti and sweet bread before we cuddle and watch soap operas on telemundo? this is a limited time offer and i am a master chef/cuddler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralPloKoon Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hopefully he doesn't end up guarding a prison with a prisoner named Nero! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Parenting FAIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 i can still learn any language fluently because i refuse to mature mentally or emotionally i just absorb languages like a sponge and my manic episodes and childlike disposition squeeze it all into bowl and decanter it into something i like to call englispaniportuitaliafrenjapman. so which one of you wants to throw on a red, white and blue french maid outfit and some geisha makeup and look pretty while i make us some spaghetti and sweet bread before we cuddle and watch soap operas on telemundo? this is a limited time offer and i am a master chef/cuddler You should join my psychology class...on the subject side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I wish my pops was that cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Reiper Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 What are the uses for knowing this language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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