From tommylee@whitlock.org Sun Mar 11 09:10:51 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iad.alfar.com ([192.148.252.37]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HQQd6-0004YG-PV for llg-members@lojban.org; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:10:45 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by iad.alfar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E23611B8C81 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:10:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iad.alfar.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (iad.alfar.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14013-06 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:10:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.0.1.4] (studio.alfar.com [192.148.252.108]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by iad.alfar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C16211B8C42 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:10:29 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) To: llg-members@lojban.org Message-Id: <4252AF75-CD78-42E7-B5CC-308D3BF3E74D@whitlock.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--98783741 From: TommyLee Whitlock Subject: [llg-members] General interest - Finnish Klingons! Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:10:28 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at alfar.com X-Spam-Score: -2.5 X-Spam-Score-Int: -24 X-Spam-Bar: -- X-archive-position: 298 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: tommylee@whitlock.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members --Apple-Mail-1--98783741 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Coi I ran across this on Yahoo News today and knowing how ephemeral some of their news bites are, I thought it worth sharing with the LLG. A candidate for the Parliament in Finland is translating his web site into tlhIngan Hol. Anyone want to help him out? ;-) Now if we could just get him to do it Lojban!!! Co'o la Tamis Finnish MP seeks votes in Klingon http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_finland_klingon Fri Mar 9, 9:51 AM ET HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re- election by campaigning with a translation of his Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series Star Trek. "Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if politicians can laugh at themselves." He said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colours, including green -- the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18. Non-warriors can also access the site, www.kasvi.org, in English, Swedish and Finnish. --Apple-Mail-1--98783741 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Coi
I ran across this = on Yahoo News today and knowing how ephemeral some of their news bites = are, I thought it worth sharing with the LLG.=A0=A0

A candidate for = the=A0Parliament in Finland is translating his web site into tlhIngan = Hol.=A0 Anyone want to help him out?=A0 ;-)=A0 Now if we could just get = him to do it Lojban!!!=A0=A0
Co'o
la Tamis

Finnish MP seeks votes in = Klingon

Fri Mar 9, 9:51 AM ET
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish member of = parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation = of his Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series Star = Trek.

"Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," = said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if = politicians can laugh at themselves."

He said his = politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not = have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colours, including = green -- the party under whose banner he is running in the national = elections on March 18.

Non-warriors can also access the site, www.kasvi.org, in English, Swedish and = Finnish.=A0


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