Dr d'Armond Speers of Minnesota (a linguist) only spoke Klingon to his infant son for the first three years of his life in the hope the child would learn the fictional language that was developed for the Star Trek franchise. Luckily the boy also had a mother who spoke to him in English. Dr Speers says his son is picking up the language well and has excellent pronunciation.
The child will also be presented with a ceremonial Klingon
meqleH (short sword) for his first day of preschool (OK, I made that bit up).
All I have to say is this:
Ha'DIbaH! Why couldn't he have taught his son something useful, like say, Esperanto?
For a translation of Klingon words -
http://www.movies-dictionary.org/English-to-Klingon-Dictionary/
Source: Courier Mail -
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26380766-5013016,00.html
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