Re: Ugly Klingon was Re: PHONO: lateral plosive

At 4:02 PM -0600 3/24/03, Peter Clark wrote:
>On Monday 24 March 2003 03:33 pm, Karapcik, Mike wrote:
> > Is Klingon his "claim to fame"?
>        That's pretty much it, AFAIK. Too bad that he isn't more into conlanging; I
>think he only did Klingon for the money. Not that money is a bad thing, mind
>you--who wouldn't want to be paid to conlang? :) But I sometimes get the
>impression that he's just a little embarrassed by all the fuss Klingon has
>created.
But not so embarassed that he passed up the opportunity to write _The Klingon
Dictionary_ (now in its 2nd edition!), _The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide_,
and _Klingon for the Galactic Traveler_.

Dirk
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Dirk Elzinga                                               Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu

"It is important not to let one's aesthetics interfere with the appreciation of
fact." - Stephen Anderson