C'jais Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/05/10/offbeat.klingon.interpreter/index.html PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- 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. "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 obligates 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Originally posted by C'jais "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. So it's true then. We have Klingon-inhabitants migrating to planet Earth. And I thought that it was all fiction. How silly of moi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted May 11, 2003 Author Share Posted May 11, 2003 http://www.kli.org/ Takes quite a while to load, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrackan Solo Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Hija ' jIyaj tIhIngan maH! C'jais, Hab SoSlI' Quch! j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted May 11, 2003 Author Share Posted May 11, 2003 Originally posted by Thrackan Solo Hija ' jIyaj tIhIngan maH! C'jais, Hab SoSlI' Quch! j/k Y'know what? I'm not even going to try. Please don't mistake me for some Trekkie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrackan Solo Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Hey nor am I. I just saw some phrasses on the website so I copied them try to figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 star trek....bleh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Soon we'll all be speaking klingon.. This is the end, my one and only friend, the end.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 ROTFL This is funny. Kinda sad. Glad no one speaks Huttese here... <.< >.> Chesko, Sebulba! Toontya toonya, Solo? That's all I know And KLI does take forever to load. It still ain't up! Forget it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Originally posted by kstar__2 star trek....bleh What "Star Trek bleh"?!?!?!?! Hey C'Jais, email those guys at the hospital and tell them to just use a universal translator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted May 11, 2003 Author Share Posted May 11, 2003 Originally posted by obi-wan13 Hey C'Jais, email those guys at the hospital and tell them to just use a universal translator. Affirmative. Engage Hotmail overdrive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Originally posted by Katarn07 It still ain't up! Forget it... *Tries hard to resist make a viagra joke* :lol: NOTE: This joke was completely and utterly nicked from Sivy B. *Sees Sivy running after him* :eek:Oink! *Legs it* Btw kstar, I resent that remark about Star Trek, being a trekkie myself:mad:... Though I could never stay mad at you:) *Pinches cheek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Originally posted by Darklighter *Tries hard to resist make a viagra joke* :lol: NOTE: This joke was completely and utterly nicked from Sivy B. *Sees Sivy running after him* :eek:Oink! *Legs it* Btw kstar, I resent that remark about Star Trek, being a trekkie myself:mad:... Though I could never stay mad at you:) *Pinches cheek* Darn it. You'd think I would have caught that... Oh, and I didn't see the ST remark until Obi posted. *phasers kstar, heavy stun for hating ST. phasers Darky, light stun, he knows why* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jed Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Bah. Wait til they find out that they've wasted their time, and they need a Wookie translator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacky_Baccy Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Posted by Jedi220 Bah. Wait til they find out that they've wasted their time, and they need a Wookie translator. ROFL! Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Originally posted by Darklighter *Tries hard to resist make a viagra joke* :lol: NOTE: This joke was completely and utterly nicked from Sivy B. *Sees Sivy running after him* :eek:Oink! *Legs it* lol oh i got a better one for this.. Originally posted by Katarn07 It still ain't up! Forget it... ... and then she left, and i was down $100 anyway, onto topic.. wow, thats mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedantic Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Originally posted by C'jais PORTLAND, Oregon Hey, that's...my town!!! Oh, wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dath Maximus Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 muahahahhahahahah!!! this is good and if you need reassurance, just look at my avatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinga1 Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 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. LOL:D! Klingon Language Institute LOL:D! How do you get that smiley that actually rolls around laughing? Far as I know, Elvish, too, is an actual language. My god, it's just a TV-series! Aren't they going a bit overboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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