[tlhIngan Hol] DISvam chabal tetlh

[Will Martin]

I will happily use my access to this privilege to help anyone lacking it to insert any word into the vocabulary, or add another vote toward a word already on the list.

It’s the least I can do for a fellow Klingonist, especially one who has contributed as much to the community as you have.

I understand that those making decisions about how all this works have conflicting priorities and they are doing the best they can to figure out something that is as fair as possible, while also goading those of us who would be freeloaders even if we can afford it to put forward a financial contribution to help keep things going. I’ll confess, I’d be a freeloader if membership didn’t goad me to do otherwise.

I also reserve the right to withdraw this offer if I find a suggestion too bizarre or distasteful to go along with it, but I don’t make the offer intending to be particularly judgmental.

Send me any word suggestions, personally, or to the list. I’ll get off my duff and vote to include as many as possible.

I’m also sorry to hear of your misfortune. Life should not be a winner-take-all system, leaving the rest of us to suffer both indignity and stress. Meanwhile, here in America, that’s pretty much what we’re headed for, since the billionaires are so self-righteously greedy.

charghwI’ vaghnerya'ngan



> On Feb 13, 2019, at 9:26 AM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:
> 
> On 2/13/2019 5:23 AM, mayqel qunenoS wrote:
>> I'm sorry for saying this, but this is unfair.
> I agree. KLI membership hasn't really offered me much in the past, and I've let my membership lapse more than once. And now that I'm struggling to pay a mortgage, lost my car to an accident, and have two young children, I can't afford to pay for access to Marc Okrand.
> 
> But the KLI has always been in the business of parceling out privilege to the lucky few. Usually it has been based on accomplishment, and I've been on the receiving end of that in some ways. There's still something unfair about being able to become canon in an endeavor that focuses so much on analyzing the canonical, but at least it was a reward for having done good.
> 
> Now it's purely about whether you spend money. If it's meant to drive up KLI membership, what's the point? Okay, you paid for a membership and now you can get your words, and that membership gives you... well, about as much as it did before. Getting your words isn't a perk of membership; it's the point of membership. Which means it's still a pay-for-access scheme.
> 
> I've got other thoughts on this, but I'll leave them alone for now.
> 
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