"The letter ‹q› is just hanging around waiting for English to gain uvular stops."
Quotes
Interesting things said in my presence
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other categories found with "klingonisms": phonetics (7), linguistics (6), badness (5), star-trek (4), SSSR (3)
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heard: 25 April 2007
[edit] added: 26 April 2007
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[edit] added: 26 April 2007
Derek: "Something about the word ‘Kyrgyz’ sounds agressive."
Jonathan: "What about [qr̩ˈʀz̩] sounds agressive?"
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heard: 25 April 2007
[edit] added: 25 April 2007
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[edit] added: 25 April 2007
Joyce: "Now I'm really sorry for referring that woman to the Tlingit wikipedia article. It makes it sound terrifying."
Jonathan: "Why's it terrifying?"
Amy: "Because she's not a linguist, and every ejective possible doesn't sound like a good thing."
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heard: 23 April 2007
[edit] added: 23 April 2007
[comment] [rate] 3/5
[edit] added: 23 April 2007
"I'm not like you. I got all these vowels from my parents… and some consonants from these Klingons."
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heard: 11 April 2007
[edit] added: 11 April 2007
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[edit] added: 11 April 2007
Derek: [ftktp]!
Jonathan: "What's that?"
Derek: "Probably Berber."
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heard: 5 April 2007
[edit] added: 5 April 2007
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[edit] added: 5 April 2007
(00:42:03) Derek: I found a way to explain language change to our students
(00:42:31) Derek: Languages start out cool and get less cool with time, unless the change involves gaining velars or uvulars
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heard: 27 December 2006
[edit] added: 9 January 2007
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[edit] added: 9 January 2007
(03:12:51) [me]: I think they decided the klingons weren't Russian or Chinese enough anymore and had to rethink a new race to fit that type of society
(03:13:07) Derek: yeah
(03:13:21) Derek: they started Russian-Mongols and ended up Vikings
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heard: 16 November 2006
[edit] added: 16 November 2006
[comment] [rate] 3/5
[edit] added: 16 November 2006
(03:17:16) [me]: never heard of æ tensing? ;)
(03:17:55) Qatharsis: D'oh, of course. It's the opposite of q crumbling. ;)
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heard: 8 November 2006
[edit] added: 9 November 2006
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[edit] added: 9 November 2006
"Oh, cool! I got a lump on my arm. And it's turning colours."
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heard: 14 October 2006
[edit] added: 14 October 2006
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[edit] added: 14 October 2006
"Why is it that the Kazakh flag strikes me as Romulan somehow?"
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heard: 7 October 2006
[edit] added: 7 October 2006
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[edit] added: 7 October 2006
Derek: "Agh!"
Rianna: "What's wrong with your spine?"
Derek: "It's made out of bones!"
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heard: 5 January 2005
[edit] added: 5 January 2005
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[edit] added: 5 January 2005
"Human bonding rituals often involve a great deal of ... talking, and dancing, and crying."