View Single Post
Old 02-04-2005, 02:50 PM   #31
Encaitare
Bittersweet Symphony
 
Encaitare's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise
Posts: 1,814
Encaitare is a guest of Tom Bombadil.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithalwen
However the only real caveat is that I did read (possibly an urban myth) that psychiatric hospitals are starting to have to employ speakers of Elvish and Klingon to communicate with patients who have taken the whole thing a little too far....
It's not a myth, at least, not an internet-only myth. That article was published in my newspaper not too long ago. Aside from being a rather liberal paper (and rapidly decaying due to its being dumbed down for the masses) it's more or less reputable, or so I've been told. I, for one, only look at it on occasion, usually for Dave Barry, since any other section is likely to depress me. But, I digress. I have that article clipped out and taped to my wall, because it proves that there is hope for me if this whole music thing doesn't work out.

It's not a waste of time if you enjoy it. You can only grow smarter because of it, since you'll be working with a language completely alien to most people. You might not get to speak it to anyone, but you will definitely acquire further language skills, which is never bad.

Quote:
And tell her that Fordim Hedgethistle says *sheesh*.
And upon hearing so she will hang her head in shame! Hah!
Encaitare is offline   Reply With Quote