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Klingon keyboard goes on sale in Britain
« on: January 15, 2009, 10:06:54 AM »


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The keyboard has been designed for the thousands of science fiction fans who have learned to talk and write in the alien language, which is spoken by the Klingon warrior race.

Klingonese, as it is known, was devised in 1984 for a film spin-off of the popular Star Wars television series by linguist Marc Okrand and is reportedly the most widely-spoken fictional language in the world.

Texts including the Bible and the works of Shakespeare have been translated into Klingon, and speakers have even formed their own organisation, the Klingon Language Institute.

The keyboard features the spidery, curving characters of the "pIqaD" alphabet, which was created to to replicate the symbols on the side of Klingon ships. However, some Klingon enthusiasts prefer to write in the Latin alphabet used for European languages on Earth.

Michael Groom of Cherry Electrical Products, which has created the keyboard, said that the firm planned to build computer accessories for other languages spoken in the Star Trek universe.  ...
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I am sure there are websites which will soon be in Klingon only.  :-)
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009, 11:08:10 AM »
MUST have !!! :-)
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Re: Klingon keyboard goes on sale in Britain
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 11:59:53 AM »
The perfect keyboard for the dateless.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 12:05:38 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009, 01:07:27 PM »
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Re: Klingon keyboard goes on sale in Britain
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2009, 01:09:24 PM »
Will it be sold at "Geeks R Us"?
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2009, 04:10:27 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on January 15, 2009, 01:09:24 PM
Will it be sold at "Geeks R Us"?


 SoH ghaj ghobe' quv 'ej mach nga'chug ghItlhwI'!!!!!11111
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Re: Klingon keyboard goes on sale in Britain
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2009, 04:13:56 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on January 15, 2009, 04:10:27 PM
SoH ghaj ghobe' quv 'ej mach nga'chug ghItlhwI'!!!!!11111
LOL  :lmao:
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2009, 04:16:03 PM »
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Goes right along with the Star Trek Bluetooth communicator.
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2009, 04:27:26 PM »
Quote from: bijou on January 15, 2009, 04:13:56 PM
LOL  :lmao:

Mind you I had to Substitute "Reproductive Stylus" for another word to achieve that. :-)
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2009, 04:34:45 PM »
Hmmmmm yeah. As much as I like trek. I'm skipping on this
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Re: Klingon keyboard goes on sale in Britain
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2009, 04:41:38 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on January 15, 2009, 04:34:45 PM
Hmmmmm yeah. As much as I like trek. I'm skipping on this

I like 'Trek, and speak a pretty decent Klingon, but I'll keep the Klingon true-type fonts, and pass on the klingon keyboard this time.

Now, if you'll 'scuse me, I've got to get back to bat'leth practice.
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2009, 04:45:13 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on January 15, 2009, 04:41:38 PM
I like 'Trek, and speak a pretty decent Klingon, but I'll keep the Klingon true-type fonts, and pass on the klingon keyboard this time.

Now, if you'll 'scuse me, I've got to get back to bat'leth practice.

Klingon is so passe -- for many of us it is:

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Re: Klingon keyboard goes on sale in Britain
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2009, 04:50:04 PM »
Wingdings?
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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2009, 04:58:43 PM »
Looks like Tenctonese.......
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« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2009, 05:49:53 PM »
Quote from: Thor on January 15, 2009, 04:58:43 PM
Looks like Tenctonese.......

Wow -- you are clearly a hoopy frood who knows where your towel is.
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« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2009, 05:59:32 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on January 15, 2009, 05:49:53 PM
Wow -- you are clearly a hoopy frood who knows where your towel is.

Thanks for all the fish.......
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« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2009, 10:02:40 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on January 15, 2009, 04:10:27 PM
SoH ghaj ghobe' quv 'ej mach nga'chug ghItlhwI'!!!!!11111
As my mother would say, "You do and you'll clean it up buster".
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« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2009, 10:36:24 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on January 15, 2009, 10:02:40 PM
As my mother would say, "You do and you'll clean it up buster".
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It translates as "You have no honor and undersized reproductive organs" :-)
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« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2009, 03:31:53 PM »
Hab SoSlI' Quch!
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