On Apr 22, 2019, at 02:21, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
It should just remain a general reminder for beginners who should be aware not to use spoken or written lines from DSC as being a rule for learning. Advanced speakers otoh can use them as good examples.
Am 22.04.2019 um 19:13 schrieb Daniel Dadap:
I respectfully disagree.
I fully accept your opinion, because I agree with that almost for 99%. You are right, there are so many good other sources wihich are good to use; I even made three of them and encourage beginners to use them. But there is 1 percent of risk left over. See the famous line of the Little Prince, which I translated as {DI'raq yIDIj} in my first draft. I was convinced that {DIj} meant "make a painting", until Okrand told me that I said "I paint the sheep" which resulted in having a colored sheep. :-/ My point is that when you learn/speak Klingon from canon sources, you can be sure that it's right (including some errors which are still canon), but learning from other sources may include mistakes. But again - DSC dialogues and subtitles are a very good collection of phrases to learn from. Don't get me wrong on this. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/IsDiscoveryCanon