i sware to gawd my state is full of lunes,our schools have no money,parks get no matainance but now we are going to spend money on this?
i say we re-open the mental hospital 6 blocks away (the one in "one flew over the koo’ koo’s nest)
Kupla
It seems perfectly clear to me that the estate of Gene Roddenberry must be forced to pay the salary for this position.
For those inclined to apply, here’s some Klingon resources:
Klingon Word Processor:
https://secure.reg.net/product.asp?ID=4308
Online Klingon Course:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/2249/intro.html
Klingon Dictionary:
This only begins to plumb the depths of Klingon resouces.
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
Scratch That!
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 7:40:12 PDT
Search for Klingon Interpreter Called Off
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Sorry, potential Klingon interpreters.
Officials have said they won’t be needing your services,
after all.
The office that treats mental health patients in Multnomah
County had included Klingon on a list of 55 languages that could be
spoken by incoming patients.
But the inclusion of the Star Trek language drew a spate of
tongue-in-cheek headlines.
And now the county has rescinded its call, stressing that it
hasn’t spent a penny of public money on Klingon interpretation.
“It was a mistake, and a result of an overzealous attempt to
ensure that our safety net systems can respond to all customers and
clients,” Multnomah County chair Diane Linn said in a news release.
County officials had previously said that no patient had
ever come in speaking only Klingon, but that the county would pay a
Klingon interpreter in the unlikely case one was actually needed.
In recent years, Klingon has gone from being a fictional
tongue for the Star Trek television and movie series to a complete
language, with its own grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ