Is this taking the whole Star Trek thing a teensie weensie bit too far? d’Armond Speers, from Minneapolis, spoke only Klingon to his child for the first three years of its life.
You read that correctly, not Spanish or French or some weird ass language from the deep African desert, no, straight up Klingon.
“I was interested in the question of whether my son, going through his first language acquisition process, would acquire it like any human language,” Speers told the Minnesota Daily. “He was definitely starting to learn it.”
And get this, Speers says he isn’t really a huge Star Trek fan. Riiiiiight.
Does the fact that Speers has a doctorate in computational linguistics explain anything — or excuse anything — here? Maybe. His child-rearing habits were part of a larger story on the company he advises, Ultralingua, which develops language and translation software. Including Klingon… go figure.
Bet on Sports at Bodog Sportsbook and cash in on your share of huge bonuses!
Popularity: unranked [?]
Related posts:
- Wonder Years’ Winnie is pregnant, and it’s not yours
- Man sues Axe because he’s been girlfriend-less for 7 years
- Spock -aka Leonard Nimoy- retires from acting
- You may now call him Sir Patrick Stewart
- 2,000 Years a little late, Cardinal says maybe celibacy’s not a great idea
Browse Timeline
- « Teacher arrested for putting a hit on gay student
- » Barbie and Disney toys test high in lead levels
