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A Klingon Christmas Carol makes its West Coast premiere Thursday, December 14, so we wanted to wrap up our three-part series on the show by getting into the weeds and talking with two of the ...
Americans can't agree on Santa Claus' nationality. According to an INSIDER poll, just over 15% of people think Santa Claus is from all countries, while just over 9% think Santa is from no country ...
They contacted Marc Okrand, a linguistics professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with whom they worked with before on Vulcan phrases for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Okrand ...
The “Star Trek” franchise has spent a lot of time developing concepts about alien physiology across its many shows and movies, but one longtime fan theory about Klingon sexual anatomy has ...
Marc Okrand, 69, is often asked how to say “I love you” in Klingon, but the closest phrase is actually “I dis-hate you.” He lives in Adams Morgan. Klingon is this big deal now.
Both Shakespeare aficionados and “Star Trek” fans will love “Klingon M’aQ’betH.” Those squeamish at the sight of blood, maybe not so much. Alex DeRoest, 30, and Nick Poling, 27, the ...
Like all Duolingo courses, the Klingon course, too, is available free of charge. Unlike regular languages courses, though, Duolingo probably had to get its legal department involved in launching ...
There have been 170,000 pre-registrations, and Duolingo expects even more would-be Klingon speakers to join. The language has entered the mainstream in many forms, as even Alexa has picked up a ...
It's not an exaggeration to say we've been waiting for Duolingo's course in Klingon for years. Now, it's finally making its debut. Star Trek fans (or really, anyone who's interested in taking a ...
Aspiring Starfleet cadets can experience Klingon through reading, speaking and writing on both computer or mobile. The "beta" course already has nearly 675,000 subscribers, Duolingo's website says.