Re: translation needed

So what's otakuism?  Did this little pillock make any attempt at
describing his own linguistics achievements?  Besides, it's "Jesus H.
Christ", not "Jesus F. Christ".

Padraic.

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Fabian wrote:

>Hey guys,
>
>I posted a request to <sci.lang.japan> to clarify my translation, and I
>received proof that idiotas are alive and well. Read on...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Charles Eicher <ceicher@...>
>Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
>Sent: 20 October 1999 04:38
>Subject: Re: translation needed
>
>
>> In article <7uiajo$1ue7$1@...>, "Fabian" says...
>> >
>> >The artificial languages mailing list invents and discusses human (and
>> >sometimes alien) languages. Esperanto, Klingon, and Tolkein's Elvish are
>the
>> >most famous examples of such languages. Some of these invented languages
>are
>> >created out of whole cloth; others are created by taking parts from
>existing
>> >languages. For example, one invented language is based on Japanese yamato
>> >kotoba root words, with the sounds modified based on a hypothetical
>dinosaur
>> >vocal tract, and then re-interpreted using Arabic morphology!
>>
>> <otaku rant warning>
>>
>> Jesus F. Christ! I thought I'd heard every variation of otaku-ism, but
>this
>> takes the cake. I would like to point out that there are REAL languages
>that are
>> in sad need of study because they are going extinct, but instead, you
>idiots are
>> sitting around analysing KLINGON and ELVISH.
>>
>> I recently read a paper about a linguist studying the last two users of of
>a
>> dying American Indian language. One man, who understood the written
>language,
>> but not the spoken one, was blind. The other could understand the spoken
>> language, but not the written, but he was deaf. The language cannot be
>recorded
>> or studied, but if only ONE linguist had discovered the endangered status
>of
>> this language before the two men became old and handicapped, the language
>might
>> not have died such an ignoble death.
>>
>> If only some of the energy you expend discussing these fictional languages
>could
>> be harnessed for something useful! But no, you would rather study
>something that
>> doesn't even exist. I cannot even feel pity for someone who wastes their
>life so
>> frivolously.
>>
>