> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 19:14:07 -0400
> From: The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
> I wonder if Marc Okrand were on this list or if Mark Shoulson were still on
> this list would we still feel as free to trash Klingon? Does their absence
> make them any less worthy of our respect as fellow conlangers? I would hope
> not. Let's leave the "language x stinks" rhetoric to the auxlangers and
> remember what our community is all about.
> > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> > Behalf Of Lars Henrik Mathiesen
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:55 PM
> > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> > Subject: Re: T-Shirt
> > > Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 14:03:06 +0100
> > > From: Dan Jones <yl-ruil@...>
> > > [...]. But please, not Klingon, please! I hate it, It's nonsensical
> > > and hideous. [...]
> > YHBT. MOHW. HAND.
> > Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour
> > NOT marked)
David,
I'm not quite sure why this admirable sentiment is expressed in a
reply to my post. For the record, I was not remarking on the qualities
of Klingon but on the excellence of Mark Okrand's pulling of beards.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)