| Toilet Paper and the USS Enterprise... |
2003-05-11, 7:47 p.m. |
...what do they have in common?
"They circle Uranus and search for Klingons"
Yeah, its an old joke, but this article reminded me of it. Here's a snippit:
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Klingon Interpreter Sought for Patients
Sun May 11,12:40 PM ET
PORTLAND, Ore. - 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.
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Now if they just had openings for Quenya and Sindarin, I'd be set.
--Grue |
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