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OtherLittleGuy		2012-11-30 01:21:12 PM

How to speak Dothraki:

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"Like the fist of an angry god"

Nadie_AZ		2012-11-30 01:25:59 PM

So if I learn to speak Klingon and Dothraki, does this mean I will be better adapted to life, the world and be able to provide for my family?

Maybe I should take up learning these, instead:

cache.io9.com

Contrabulous Flabtraption		2012-11-30 01:26:07 PM

suddenly?

xanadian		2012-11-30 02:41:50 PM

I'd rather learn Klingon.

Icetech3		2012-11-30 02:48:05 PM

Umm... i make 140-160k a year to play video games and fark around.... SCREW DOTHRAKI! i love my job:)

js34603		2012-11-30 02:49:59 PM

Icetech3: Umm... i make 140-160k a year to play video games and fark around.... SCREW DOTHRAKI! i love my job:)

But how long till you have to be at the gym?!?

ModernLuddite		2012-11-30 02:50:33 PM

Is this guy an actual linguist, or just someone who spends a lot of time making stuff up?

How does one get into fake languages?

Why does interviewer ignore these things. Because it just seems like such a weird ass thing to be an "expert" in, and give advice about.

ng2810		2012-11-30 02:51:10 PM

I used to be a member of the Language Creation Society where David Peterson is a prominent member. There are actual people out there who create languages as a hobby, the same way that Tolkien did back in the day. Some of them use it for their fantasy worlds in novels or other media, while others take a more philosophical or "what if" scenarios.

A pleasant bunch of people, linguists.

/They put regular nerds to shame
//And I don't mean that in a good way

USA Prime Credit Peggy		2012-11-30 02:53:55 PM

ModernLuddite: Is this guy an actual linguist, or just someone who spends a lot of time making stuff up?

How does one get into fake languages?

Why does interviewer ignore these things. Because it just seems like such a weird ass thing to be an "expert" in, and give advice about.

Grew up with David, so I'm getting a kick.

He's educated. Learn more! Link

Byn		2012-11-30 02:55:11 PM

My mother-in-law has her PhD in linguistics, and she once taught a course on Klingon at Dalhousie.

Yeah, she IS pretty awesome, thanks.

QT_3.14159		2012-11-30 02:56:51 PM

Axe Wound: FTFA: George R.R. Martin is a surprisingly cunning linguist in his own right.

[forum-img.pinside.com image 300x225]

Ew... *shudder* no thanks!

Smeggy Smurf		2012-11-30 02:57:06 PM

Maybe this guy can take a few minutes and teach Martin the word for "hurry and and finish the series before you die like that asshole Jordan did"

farkingismybusiness		2012-11-30 03:00:28 PM

OtherLittleGuy: How to speak Dothraki:

[cdnimg.visualizeus.com image 244x400]

"Like the fist of an angry god"

It is known.

GypsyJoker		2012-11-30 03:00:56 PM

ng2810: I used to be a member of the Language Creation Society where David Peterson is a prominent member. There are actual people out there who create languages as a hobby, the same way that Tolkien did back in the day. Some of them use it for their fantasy worlds in novels or other media, while others take a more philosophical or "what if" scenarios.

A pleasant bunch of people, linguists.

Just stay away from the big conferences. If they allowed weapons at linguistics conferences, there'd be a whole lot of dead motherfarking polyglots every Sunday morning.

Astronomers are much cooler. Linguists are pleasant one-on-one, but they'll kill each other over a funny glance or a disbelieving tone of voice.

\ex-linguist
\\amateur astronomer, been to a few conferences

theorellior		2012-11-30 03:03:13 PM

OtherLittleGuy: How to speak Dothraki:

[cdnimg.visualizeus.com image 244x400]

"Like the fist of an angry god"

I'd be her moon and stars.

/for a couple minutes, anyway

ng2810		2012-11-30 03:03:16 PM

ModernLuddite: Is this guy an actual linguist, or just someone who spends a lot of time making stuff up?

Yes, and yes.

How does one get into fake languages?

Everyone I knew started here.

Why does interviewer ignore these things. Because it just seems like such a weird ass thing to be an "expert" in, and give advice about.

Maybe because the article wasn't about constructed languages themselves, but more about David Peterson and GOT.

People who make their own languages are a close-knit group. I've met several of them personally and almost married one of them.

Interestingly, I worked at Syfy in 2009 and was on good terms with all of the Executives. I remember chatting with Mark Stern (the head of Syfy back then) about my brief time as a member of the Language Creation Society and that "If Syfy ever needed to create a language for the show, the LCC can help you."

I'd like to think that I was the one who lead them to David Peterson, but he was already well-known at the time, so meh.

Son of Thunder		2012-11-30 03:04:46 PM

Nadie_AZ: So if I learn to speak Klingon and Dothraki, does this mean I will be better adapted to life, the world and be able to provide for my family?

Maybe I should take up learning these, instead:

[cache.io9.com image 743x239]

[media.tumblr.com image 500x375]

The bat'leth, although awesome (I have one hanging over my desk in my office), is a dreadful weapon. Go with the arakh. There's a reason that basically every human civilization ever has developed and widely used some kind of sword. They WORK.

Loomy		2012-11-30 03:09:08 PM

OtherLittleGuy: How to speak Dothraki:

[cdnimg.visualizeus.com image 244x400]

"Like the fist of a red, angry god"

Worst. Qartheen gown. Ever.

/Also, ftfy

Solon Isonomia		2012-11-30 03:11:53 PM

Shiat, I can do that - you just have to kill indiscriminately, eat horse flesh, and sleep with everything that has a skirt. BAM! Dothroki!

Blue_Blazer		2012-11-30 03:15:02 PM

dryknife		2012-11-30 03:42:45 PM

Ha! Jokes on you!

My job already sucks!

Stile4aly		2012-11-30 03:55:09 PM

ModernLuddite		2012-11-30 04:27:02 PM

USA Prime Credit Peggy: ModernLuddite: Is this guy an actual linguist, or just someone who spends a lot of time making stuff up?

How does one get into fake languages?

Why does interviewer ignore these things. Because it just seems like such a weird ass thing to be an "expert" in, and give advice about.

Grew up with David, so I'm getting a kick.

He's educated. Learn more! Link

And

ng2810: ModernLuddite: Is this guy an actual linguist, or just someone who spends a lot of time making stuff up?

Yes, and yes.

How does one get into fake languages?

Everyone I knew started here.

Why does interviewer ignore these things. Because it just seems like such a weird ass thing to be an "expert" in, and give advice about.

Maybe because the article wasn't about constructed languages themselves, but more about David Peterson and GOT.

People who make their own languages are a close-knit group. I've met several of them personally and almost married one of them.

Interestingly, I worked at Syfy in 2009 and was on good terms with all of the Executives. I remember chatting with Mark Stern (the head of Syfy back then) about my brief time as a member of the Language Creation Society and that "If Syfy ever needed to create a language for the show, the LCC can help you."

I'd like to think that I was the one who lead them to David Peterson, but he was already well-known at the time, so meh.

Cool. Thanks for the links!

//Made up fake languages for fun as a lad.
///Did not know it was srs bsns.

Mr_Fabulous		2012-11-30 04:27:28 PM

Contrabulous Flabtraption: suddenly?

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mrsdish		2012-11-30 04:28:37 PM

David Peterson has a blog that he keeps pretty up-to-date with how he translates things for GoT. It's a nifty little blog. If anyone wants to check it out: Link

Bondith		2012-11-30 04:49:33 PM

Why does the caption on that picture say George R. R. Martin when it's clearly Captain Highliner?

BumpInTheNight		2012-11-30 05:06:09 PM

Look if I wanted to sit around making up an obscure language that you need to pay people to use, I'd work for Microsoft's silverlight team.

Dinobot		2012-11-30 05:16:27 PM

Gawd, I hope the fat bastard doesn't croak before he finishes A Dream of Spring -- I mean, he only has 400 pages for Winds of Winter...

Onkel Buck		2012-11-30 05:44:22 PM

I should tell the homeless guy near my work about this, he is always mumbling some sort of gibberish. He would make enough to get off the street!

meathome		2012-11-30 05:46:50 PM

Smeggy Smurf: Maybe this guy can take a few minutes and teach Martin the word for "hurry and and finish the series before you die like that asshole Jordan did"

Oblig

iron_city_ap		2012-11-30 06:01:43 PM

TV's Vinnie		2012-11-30 06:04:39 PM

"phhhhhht. Amateurs!"

CygnusDarius		2012-11-30 06:08:16 PM

Tolkien is amused.

pute kisses like a man		2012-11-30 06:37:19 PM

as a former student of parageography, with a minor in paralinguistics, I'm getting a kick.

Fano		2012-11-30 08:37:20 PM

Chumble spuzz

Gyrfalcon		2012-11-30 09:31:03 PM

ModernLuddite: USA Prime Credit Peggy: ModernLuddite: Is this guy an actual linguist, or just someone who spends a lot of time making stuff up?

How does one get into fake languages?

Why does interviewer ignore these things. Because it just seems like such a weird ass thing to be an "expert" in, and give advice about.

Grew up with David, so I'm getting a kick.

He's educated. Learn more! Link

And

ng2810: ModernLuddite: Is this guy an actual linguist, or just someone who spends a lot of time making stuff up?

Yes, and yes.

How does one get into fake languages?

Everyone I knew started here.

Why does interviewer ignore these things. Because it just seems like such a weird ass thing to be an "expert" in, and give advice about.

Maybe because the article wasn't about constructed languages themselves, but more about David Peterson and GOT.

People who make their own languages are a close-knit group. I've met several of them personally and almost married one of them.

Interestingly, I worked at Syfy in 2009 and was on good terms with all of the Executives. I remember chatting with Mark Stern (the head of Syfy back then) about my brief time as a member of the Language Creation Society and that "If Syfy ever needed to create a language for the show, the LCC can help you."

I'd like to think that I was the one who lead them to David Peterson, but he was already well-known at the time, so meh.

Cool. Thanks for the links!

//Made up fake languages for fun as a lad.
///Did not know it was srs bsns.

Sure, if you want it to be a genuine language, with real grammar and word derivation. Then you have to be an actual linguist, like Tolkein and the rest of these nerds. Tolkein's Elvish and Dwarvish are real languages with their own alphabets and all the rest. The poems are actually written in Elvish and "translated" into English and all that. Just like those geeks who actually "make" worlds--other planets, if you will, with real coastlines and mountain ranges and weather and tectonics and the rest.

Or, you can be someone who makes up fake planets--desert planets and jungle planets with no regard for the ecosystems--and stick creatures into them without thinking how they'll eat; and invent languages that are just mishmashes of awkward vowels and consonants that look cool on paper but that nobody could really say. Nobody will care either way; but you'll look like a fool to your geek fans if you get any.

Smeggy Smurf		2012-11-30 10:26:21 PM

meathome: Smeggy Smurf: Maybe this guy can take a few minutes and teach Martin the word for "hurry and and finish the series before you die like that asshole Jordan did"

Oblig

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In gratitude

theorellior		2012-11-30 10:39:36 PM

pute kisses like a man: as a former student of parageography, with a minor in paralinguistics, I'm getting a kick.

Holy crap, you didn't take Douglas Parker's parageography class at UT, did you? I did both Parageography I and II in the early 90s. I always wondered what happened to the Sandbox Universe he created, although I figured he's long since shuffled off this mortal coil.

Boojum2k		2012-11-30 11:45:52 PM

Ika7734		2012-12-01 03:18:38 AM

Awww how cute, you thought making a language for your books was a new thing... how quaint.

Shuna Sassi		2012-12-01 04:16:13 AM

Icetech3: Umm... i make 140-160k a year to play video games and fark around.... SCREW DOTHRAKI! i love my job:)

How can I become like you?

/for serious, how?

sleeper2995		2012-12-01 06:52:55 AM

Byn: My mother-in-law has her PhD in linguistics, and she once taught a course on Klingon at Dalhousie.

Yeah, she IS pretty awesome, thanks.

She sounds like she would enjoy the company of a cunning linguist

IntertubeUser		2012-12-01 10:38:44 AM

Smeggy Smurf: meathome: Smeggy Smurf: Maybe this guy can take a few minutes and teach Martin the word for "hurry and and finish the series before you die like that asshole Jordan did"

Oblig

[sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net image 500x667]

In gratitude

Good sir, might I ask for a name so that I might continue my...ummm...research on this intriguing subject?

StoPPeRmobile		2012-12-01 01:36:54 PM

Son of Thunder: Nadie_AZ: So if I learn to speak Klingon and Dothraki, does this mean I will be better adapted to life, the world and be able to provide for my family?

Maybe I should take up learning these, instead:

[cache.io9.com image 743x239]

[media.tumblr.com image 500x375]

The bat'leth, although awesome (I have one hanging over my desk in my office), is a dreadful weapon. Go with the arakh. There's a reason that basically every human civilization ever has developed and widely used some kind of sword. They WORK.

penis mightier

pute kisses like a man		2012-12-02 12:24:10 AM

theorellior: pute kisses like a man: as a former student of parageography, with a minor in paralinguistics, I'm getting a kick.

Holy crap, you didn't take Douglas Parker's parageography class at UT, did you? I did both Parageography I and II in the early 90s. I always wondered what happened to the Sandbox Universe he created, although I figured he's long since shuffled off this mortal coil.

yeah, I loved his class. douglas parker was an amazing professor. his little universe was pretty well developed by the time i took his class in the 2000s. it's with a lot of sadness i have to say, he passed away a few years ago (i think 2009 or 2010). he was an awesome professor and person.

theorellior		2012-12-02 01:50:09 PM

pute kisses like a man: it's with a lot of sadness i have to say, he passed away a few years ago (i think 2009 or 2010). he was an awesome professor and person.

[pours out some of his 40 for his homie]

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