Squee Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Is this taking the whole Star Trek thing a teensie weensie bit too far? d'Armond Speers spoke only Klingon to his child for the first three years of its life. Klingon? Not Spanish, French, Mandarin? Not some gutteral genuflecting concoction from the deepest recesses of Borneo? Klingon? You heard it right. (And if you don't know about the Klingon Empire, look it up.) "I was interested in the question of whether my son, going through his first language acquisition process, would acquire it like any human language," Speers told the Minnesota Daily. "He was definitely starting to learn it." And get this, Speers says he isn't really a huge Star Trek fan. We'll take his word for it. Does the fact that Speers has a doctorate in computational linguistics explain anything -- or excuse anything -- here? Maybe. His child-rearing habits were part of a larger story on the company he advises, Ultralingua, which develops language and translation software. Including Klingon. OK. We're playing light here with some serious stuff. Ultralingua sounds like an interesting company. And Speers sounds like a really smart guy. Successful, too. May they live long and prosper. http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/11/dinkytown_dad_s.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Btw. fuck Star Trek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upl7F5p0DHY&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Uhh, OF COURSE the kid will learn it. Humans will automatically figure out a way to communicate with each other even if they're not introduced to an existing language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 that tauntaun costume is the most amazing thing ever!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 those stilts are cool ay .. used for all sorts of fanmade costumery nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Dude wants his son to grow up to be a Chuck Palahniuk protagonist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JW Modestburns Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Jesus Fucking Christ, tolerance for Klingon bullshit is just gonna get you more Klingon bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 That settles it. If I have a child I'm only going to communicate with them in the first 5 years through reversed recordings of me speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 That settles it. If I have a child I'm only going to communicate with them in the first 5 years through reversed recordings of me speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 LOL! You read my mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 what a fucking idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Thats very odd, where did my post go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Great Maker ShaiHulud Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 without star trek we wouldn't have We need emoticons for these too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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