Mental Hospitals seeks Klingon speakers
 

Qapla'! Hospital seeks Klingon speaker
Saturday, May 10, 2003 Posted: 10:37 PM EDT (0237 GMT)

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon.

The language created for the "Star Trek" TV series and movies is one of about 55 needed by the office that treats mental health patients in metropolitan Multnomah County.

"We have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak," said Jerry Jelusich, a procurement specialist for the county Department of Human Services, which serves about 60,000 mental health clients.

Although created for works of fiction, Klingon was designed to have a consistent grammar, syntax and vocabulary.

And now Multnomah County research has found that many people -- and not just fans -- consider it a complete language.

"There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak," said the county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway.

County officials said that obligates them to respond with a Klingon-English interpreter, putting the language of starship Enterprise officer Worf and other Klingon characters on a par with common languages such as Russian and Vietnamese, and less common tongues including Dari and Tongan.

That's so funny words can not even describe it...

and yet... they did ;)

This reminds me of the Klingon Bible schism.

That's really funny:D

that's utterly fucking ridiculous.

I bet they scream in english of you hook them up to a battery

So, what happens if you translate the entire bible into Klingon, and then you start to find all sorts of weird "coded" messages in the arranged text grid? Things that could only be there because they were "placed" there for us to find. Pretty neat stuff, eh?

Oh, wait... that wasn't me.

Fritz, I wouldn't be so sure....those people don't really live in our world, if you catch my meaning.

dola,

QS, you'll find a ton of Star Trek information. ;)

I always thought serious Star Trek devotees were f*cked in the head. Now I have proof.

Well your hard earned tax dollars at work .

we will just have to go buy a bucket of em and find out.

tlhIngan quv DatIchDI' Seng yIghuH

(translation: When you insult a Klingon's honor, prepare for trouble.)

:p

Need a job SO? :D

If Im not mistaken Klingonesse is actually a recognized language right?

ghobe' chomaw

(translation: No, You offend me)

How would a Klingon say, "Blow it out your ass"? ;)

qul 'oH vo' lIj DoH retlh

(translation: fire it from your back side)
:)

How would a Klingon say "I am a 35 year old virgin that still lives with his parents"?

Oh, and by the way, Snopes say that THIS IS ALL A LIE!!!

It appears that this was actually a true story - the fact that they added Klingon to their list - but after the publicity it generated, they removed it. And the quote from that lady - "There are some cases where we've had mental health patients where this was all they would speak," said the county's purchasing administrator, Franna Hathaway - must have been an outright lie. Or misinformation, at the least.