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MInnesota man only spoke Klingon to his baby for three years -- (link)

Posted by giganto (aka chris) Nov 19 '09, 10:25

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Spawn, don't do it (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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he should be sent to prison -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 10:38
May I mambo dogface in the banana patch? -- nm - S.Martin Nov 19, 10:32
I try to speak in accents to Lil' Vermin as much as possible. - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 10:32 1
- my British friend's kids have American accents. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:37
Interesting experiment. I'm surprised the kid didn't pick it up,though. - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:28 4
- I'm not surprised. There was no reinforcment outside of the dad. - musubi Nov 19, 10:31 3
  - plus, he didn't make the kid participate in the traditional Klingon death match -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 10:33 1
    - this is going to make me laugh off and on when I think of it this afternoon -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:44
  - and the dad clearly spoke English fluently, so there was no incentive. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:33
oh yes, heard about this on the radio this morning. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:27
the headline lies, I read that story earlier. he only spoke klingon to his son in certain situations, other times he spoke english. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:27 6
- link to the story with a response from the guy in question -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:30 4
  - Which reiterates that when speaking to his son, he spoke only Klingon. (Other stories emphasize that his wife spoke English to their son, which is - mara Nov 19, 10:32 3
    - but only when speaking to his son when no one else was around, not all the time - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:36 1
      - yes, and that makes a big difference. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:37
    - it's also not the dad's native language, which I suspect is a factor as well. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:34
- that explains why he didn't pick it up. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:29
dammit, ML. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:26 1
- "still gets nostalgic when he recalls singing the Klingon lullaby 'May the Empire Endure'" with his son." -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 10:27

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