Scotty and Klingon

It had been coming for awhile. After all the man had Alzheimer's disease and was past his 80th birthday. James Doohan passed away, or, as the press is going to say and say and say again, he beamed up.

I heard on God-bless-the-CBC that he was a linguist and had created the Klingon language.
*wow*
How cool is that?

"Qapla" Scotty!

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very cool klingon dictionary link


I got this on http://www.treknation.com/ ---
On a lighter note, an audience member — dressed up in a Scottish kilt — walked up to the stage and asked James how he perfected his accent. James remarked that during the war, he met a fellow officer from Aberdeen, Scotland. After calling the Royal Canadian Artillery Communications Station, Mr. Doohan asked the chap, "What language are you speaking, for it isn't English?" Over the next six weeks, the two men became good friends. James taught him proper English; the Scotsman instructed him to the subtleties of a proper Aberdeen dialect.