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Thread #80646   Message #1472195
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
27-Apr-05 - 07:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Klingons play accordions
Subject: RE: BS: Klingons play accordions
Pauline L - In the beginning, there was Star Trek. Star Trek begat "Trekkers" (aka "Trekkies" though the term is generally considered derogatory). Role-playing is an integral part of the Trekker lifetyle and some Trekkers have assumed the roles of Klingons. A fair number of the faux-Klingons are so into their roles that they truly believe they have become Klingons. Since the poor individuals so afflicted have no social life outside of their Trekker subculture, they have filled their empty hours by developing their own spurious language.

It appears that someone who works at Google is a Trekker and has translated Google's opening screen into Klingon, just as it has been translated into French, Portugese etc.