qurgh:
The KLI offers a lot of free services, this mailing list that you used to freely learn the Klingon language is an example. Do you use the Duolingo course, boQwI' or Hol 'ampaS? They could not exist without the KLI's extensive work with the language
I'm well aware that kli offers a lot of services. And yes, I'm aware that most of them are free. As to which of the above services I use, I don't know to whom this is important; but since it came up, aside from this list I only used/use boQwI'. An app for which on numerous occasions I expressed my gratitude to De'vID, having acknowledged that boQwI' has been a tremendous help. qurgh:
Non-paid KLI members can freely suggest 2 words and freely vote on every word (+1 or -1). I don't see how this is a "severe disadvantage" over folks who get more suggestions or an extra vote (+2 to -2).
Well, kli members will actually get a lot more: qurgh:
Guests can suggest 2 words, while members can suggest 10, 15, or 20 depending on the length of their membership
Suggesting only 2 words, compared to 15 or 20, is indeed a severe disadvantage. qurgh:
the second person has the option to ask, "What can I do to help the KLI? So, remember, before you say the system is unfair, look at how much you have gotten from it, compared to what you have given to it.
Since I feel that the question "What can I do to help the KLI?", is indirectly written for me, let me remind you that when the HolQeD transcription project begun, I volunteered. It's not my fault the project eventually stopped. I volunteered anyway. The issue here isn't whether *I* am willing or not, to make a premium membership so as to ask for more words. I have come to terms with the fact, that no constructed language can ever have all the words we could ever wish for. The issue here, or my issue if you'd like, is that in my opinion it's an unfair system of choosing "vocabulary-wise" how the language will evolve. We obviously disagree. And that's ok. But please don't keep repeating that "I have freely learned the language". I like to think, that the people who have helped me, and keep helping me, are doing so out of kindness and wilingness to teach. Not in order to shout in my face, at the first opportunity they get, "we teached you and never asked for your money". Because when you're saying it, it's not me you insult/offend; it's *their* kindness, time, and effort you diminish. Anyway, as I said, we disagree and that's ok. After all we're all friends here. ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS