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For those of you who read Unshelved but don't know Klingon, the last line in today's strip means "Books are good!"

(And yes, I had to figure that out by searching for each word with "Klingon", examining the results of each search, and coming up with guesses about its meaning in isolation. The subject-copula-adjective syntax feels highly unKlingon, but let's not split ridges.)

Current Mood: geeky

MS Office 2003 spell-check suggests lingam as a replacement for thlIngan.

And how do I know this? Because I just posted this to a mailing list full of systems librarians:

> Years ago it used to be that the true geeks spoke Klingon. > THAT was an accomplishment. Now we just have to know the HP canon, far > easier even if we memorize all of the spells. tlhIngan Hol vIlaDlaH je. Ben ("The spelling check was stopped before it finished. Do you want to send anyway?")

Sadly, it's a lie. I had to look it up. jIquvHa' jay'. I think that means "I have no honor", but it's quite possible that I just ordered a qagh omelet, hold the qagh.

Current Mood: geeky
Current Music: Martina McBride - White Christmas