Teddy Bear, etc.

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Mon Sep 13 18:26:29 UTC 2010


Hija'! Hol 'oHbej thlIngan Hol'e'!

Yes! Klingon certainly is a language! }}:-)>

This is not to claim that it's a natural language or a fully functional one.

tlhIngan veQbeq marqem la'Hom -- Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'!
    Subcommander Markem, Klingon Sanitation Corps
              Death to Litterbugs!
         http://mark.cracksandshards.com/Klingon/

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:10 AM, <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:

> There is a considerable semantic literature on family resemblances, for
> example Labov's essay on cups and mugs and glasses. Is "Ring Around the
> Rosy" a game? Is dog-fighting a sport? Is Klingon a language?
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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