Going through the mailing list archives, I see several references to "the Discord server", but no link to the actual server and no explanation. So maybe some people who might otherwise participate just don't know what it is or are put off by the idea of learning new software or whatever and it might be helpful to describe it. Discord was originally a voice/text chat app for gamers, so people could communicate in multiplayer online games. In the same way that MUDs/MUSHes (if you know what those are) were often repurposed to be just virtual places people could meet to discuss various subjects, Discord has also developed communities of people who use it for purposes other than gaming. The KLI MUSH has basically been replaced by the KLI Discord. The client software is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and you can also connect online using a browser. There's a fairly active community of Klingon speakers on Discord. You can find your way there through this KLI page: https://www.kli.org/members-only/discord-chat-server/ Discord has very good VoIP capabilities, and some of us have been having semi-regular {ghogh qepHommey}. There's supposed to be a regular session on Saturdays (afternoon in the Americas, evening Europe), though you could just voice chat with someone if they're available. I wanted to introduce Discord to more people because people often complain that they can't make it to a physical {qep'a'}/{qepHom} due to expense/distance/time/etc., whereas Discord doesn't cost anything. Also, while one can learn using Duolingo or Memrise, or by writing stories or discussing grammar on this mailing list or Facebook, there's something to having a real-time voice conversation in Klingon which exercises skills which can't be developed by other means. (It was on a Discord voice chat that I stumbled on to my "almost a year ago" problem.) -- De'vID
On Feb 9, 2019, at 10:18 AM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
Discord has very good VoIP capabilities, and some of us have been having semi-regular {ghogh qepHommey}. There's supposed to be a regular session on Saturdays (afternoon in the Americas, evening Europe), though you could just voice chat with someone if they're available.
I like to participate in the ghogh qepHommey whenever I can, which is unfortunately nowhere near as often as I’d like. There are also many weeks when it seems nobody is around during the designated ghogh qepHom time (I believe it’s 1300-1500 US Eastern time), but I do think if more people made a habit of making them regularly, they would probably end up being more consistent overall. I’ve been really enjoying the ghogh qepHommey, as they are pretty much my only opportunity to speak Klingon. To date I’ve only met one Klingonist in person (DeSDu’), and I can count on one hand the number of Klingonists I’ve spoken to (with actual sounds) on Discord voice chat. It would be great to have a chance to get to hear more voices. Even if voice chat isn’t your thing, we have a lot of fun doing text chat in Klingon on that server as well.
hmm.. discord.. wa' meqmo' vIngu'laHbe'bogh , roD discord vIlIj.. ~ mayqel *I love maltz* qunen'oS
Am 09.02.2019 um 17:18 schrieb De'vID:
Going through the mailing list archives, I see several references to "the Discord server", but no link to the actual server and no explanation. So maybe some people who might otherwise participate just don't know what it is or are put off by the idea of learning new software or whatever and it might be helpful to describe it.
The Klingon Language Wiki has a page about this with a link - also to a German speakers group, by the way - but if that's okay for you I'd love to add your beautiful description to that page: www.klingonwiki.net/En/Discord -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 at 18:41, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
The Klingon Language Wiki has a page about this with a link - also to a German speakers group, by the way - but if that's okay for you I'd love to add your beautiful description to that page:
www.klingonwiki.net/En/Discord
lu'. -- De'vID
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