Man speaks only Klingon to his son for 3 years

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Is this taking the whole Star Trek thing a teensie weensie bit too far? d'Armond Speers spoke only Klingon to his child for the first three years of its life.

Klingon? Not Spanish, French, Mandarin? Not some gutteral genuflecting concoction from the deepest recesses of Borneo? Klingon? You heard it right. (And if you don't know about the Klingon Empire, look it up.)

"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."

(...)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.

http://gizmodo.com/5408022/man-spok...eed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)&utm_content=Gmail

 

[Aesop Rocks]

This guy should be hit up with child endangerment.

 

[Raiden]

He should've taught his son the Elven language, developed by J.R.R. Tolkien.

 

[katie_girl09]

So his son is about a year or so away from starting school and doesn't know a word of any real language? Only a fictional one? Way to go, Dad.

 

[E-Man]

If there was any perfect time for this smiley, it's now...

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I really really hope they can save this kid.

 

[Sawyer]

****ing trekkies...

 

[SuBe]

It doesn't say the kid doesn't know English or any other language. I used to know a Spanish professor that would only speak to his daughter in Spanish, but the mom would speak in English. She was perfectly normal other than being smarter than the average 5 year old.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I just thought about the "sci-fi fanboys vs sports fanatics" thread and was like: "Well, there goes THAT poll.

 

[katie_girl09]

It doesn't say the kid doesn't know English or any other language. I used to know a Spanish professor that would only speak to his daughter in Spanish, but the mom would speak in English. She was perfectly normal other than being smarter than the average 5 year old.

I hope that's the case here. Even then, it's such a waste. Why not teach your child a second language that will have real-world applications?

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Talk about taking your interests too far. This really isn't cool.

 

[SuBe]

The kid might work at Paramount someday. That's something...

 

[Aesop Rocks]

What would he do at Paramount? Be the Klingon King?

 

[Immortalfire]

Qapla'!

 

[kane9321]

dad of the year award winner

 

[Spider-Vader]

If there was any perfect time for this smiley, it's now...

My thoughts exactly.

What I want to know is how did this guy ever get laid? Unless it was adoption.

 

[katie_girl09]

Good one!

 

[Majic Walrus]

This isn't a bad thing. Learning languages, even made up ones, at a young age will help the child be able to pick up on other languages in the future.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

This isn't a bad thing. Learning languages, even made up ones, at a young age will help the child be able to pick up on other languages in the future.

Stop bringing logic into this, man!

 

[Majic Walrus]

 

[katie_girl09]

Like I said, though. It is such a waste. It isn't logical at all. He would be just as likely to learn new languages if you taught him a real (read: useful) language.

 

[Alex The Great]

How.....how did this guy breed?

 

[Captain Planet!]

 

[Majic Walrus]

Like I said, though. It is such a waste. It isn't logical at all. He would be just as likely to learn new languages if you taught him a real (read: useful) language.

True, but if you only know Klingon as your second language you can't teach 'em Spanish.

 

[Danalys]

Like I said, though. It is such a waste. It isn't logical at all. He would be just as likely to learn new languages if you taught him a real (read: useful) language.

maybe should have taught him vulcan instead to be logical.