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Friday, August 26, 2005

tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh'a'

[Do you speak Klingon?]

English is the most spoken language on the Internet. No doubt about it. Just as a reference, you'll find almost 700,000 entries in that language on Wikipedia, while there are roughly 135,000 in Japanese, 64,000 in Italian and 61,000 in Spanish. But despite this English supremacy, it is nice to find there are still many online tools for all other languages. And by all I mean all...

Did you know that there's a Google version in Quechua? Quechua was the language spoken by the Inkas in Peru, Bolivia and some other countries, and it's still spoken by some ten million people. You can use the Quechua dictionary (there's even a Webster's one online!), or take some Quechua lessons...

Fancy something more interesting? Why not learn Klingon, the language spoken by the Klingons on StarTrek? The language was created by Marc Okrand and has its own grammatical rules... even it's own writing system! Of course you can buy the Klingon dictionary or just play on Google in Klingon!

Strange? Weird? There's a Google for every occasion! Don't you believe? Just check Google in Hacker! Wanna understand the rare writing your 12-year old son uses with his friends? You can use the English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator! Or you can try the South Park's Kenny Translator! Wanna know how a Redneck, an Ozzie or an Skinhead would read your favorite web page? Try the Universal Translator! On an emergency? And your cell phone has no signal? Then you better use the Morse Translator to get that SOS message out! Do you want to know what the hell Eddie posted on your blog? Just use any Malay Dictionary! (And don't tell him that you know...)

It's great to know that, despite the fact that English has a privileged seat on the world's language table, democracy still reigns, and there's space for any other language on the Internet.

WUT DO U THINK???!!!!!?

2 Comments:

  • hahahahahahahahahahhahaaaa
    Here is the part about Eddie in ...pimp style:
    Do yo' ass want to know what da hell Eddie posted on yo' blog? Just use any Malay Dictionary! (And don't tell tha dude's ass dat yo' ass know...)

    By Blogger The Furui Man, at 7:53 PM  

  • Hahaha! That sounds more like Joseph talking!!!
    And by the way, your page on Joseph-go sounds way much better!!!
    See ya!

    By Blogger Giancarlo, at 9:50 PM  

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