Course in the Talossan Language

[Hooligan]

Don't worry, erstwhile students -- things are taking longer than expected, but this course in our wouldashouldacouldabeen native tongue will still happen. Stay tuned to this batchannel....

Hool

[Çesli da Chilseu]

Sign me up if it isn't too late!

[Aspra Roseta Laira]

It is far from too late to sign up, since this course has not yet been posted to a sub-board. Come one, come all -- it will begin at an unspecified time in the future (unspecified future tense?). In the meantime, check the boards for the Klingon course (offered by Iustí Carlüs Canun) which is coming much sooner.

[Hooligan]

El glhibreu vient àd estarh püblicat, es aglhorc eu put ensegnarh acest praitractat. ¿Ben? Eu lament per la zemora.

Tepistà

[Hooligan]

Prospective students --

The final version of the Guizua àl Glheþ Talossan (Guide to the Talossan Language) is at long last being put to bed and will be available via Amazon.com within a matter of weeks now.

I intend to begin teaching (if you can call it that) this class soon after that. I have the roll of students as:

• Asmour, Xhorxh
  
• Bisquinc, A. Likazar
  
• Canun, Iustì
  
• Carschaleir, Tric'hard
  
• da Chilseu, Çesli
  
• Davïu Dréwiþ
  
• Farris, Jim
  
• Forestal, Danihel
  
• Grischun, Éovart
  
• Laira, Aspra
  
• Laira, Róibeard
  
• Lupulet, Danihel (sadly unavailable)
  
• Marabuerg, Iac
  
• Molinar, Flip (audit)
  
• Taglheir, Réxhifjörd
  
• Walkland, Joseph
  

Any others who are interested, please step forward, as the class will begin soon, if the Regent of the U allows.

Hooligan

[Flip Molinar]

Great news! Congrats Hooly!

[David Drew]

I am also interested in learning Talossan... but can I also slip in a new word here and there?

[Eðo Grischun]

Jun 10, 2009 23:09:08 GMT -6 David Drew said:

I am also interested in learning Talossan... but can I also slip in a new word here and there?

I am sure if you join the CÚG (Comità per l'Útzil del Glhetg - Committee for the Use of the Language) you will be able to find ways to help develop the language and it's uses.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

That's pretty much how languages grow. Don't go overboard, pick your words carefully (try to make sure they "fit" Talossan), and if they catch on they'll become part of the language's vocabulary.

[Hooligan]

Sorry (again) for the delay in getting this class underway. I hope that it has not dissuaded any of the enrollees. Once again, the delay is (still) with getting the final proof copy of El Guizua àl Glheþ Talossan perfected and finally up for sale. Having said this before, I know I may not be believed, but I'm on the final stage now, and the book will be available "soon" and then the class can begin.

Honest.

Hooligan

[Aspra Roseta Laira]

Glad to hear that this course will soon commence. It will be nice to have a published professor guiding our students. The Guizua àl Glheþ Talossan (Guide to the Talossan Language) will make a very good textbook. Will it be required or recommended? Keep us posted when it is available to purchase.

[Hooligan]

Well, while I hope that every student of the Talossan language, whether enrolled in this class or not, would like to have a copy of El Guizua, I will try to teach the class without referring too much to it, because to require my students to buy a book that I wrote seems a bit self-serving.

Although I must say that when I was in college, the class that I enjoyed the most (while going into it not thinking I would) and gained the most from was the single class I had where the professor was the author of the required text for the class -- Digital Design.

So hmm..... Well, at least let this be a sales pitch. :-)

I will most definitely announce to the Talossan-speaking (and reading and learning and planning-to-learn) community as soon as the book is available out there.

Hooligan

[Aspra Roseta Laira]

Great!
After this first ever university course in Talossan creates more fluent citizens, I'll have to offer ESL for Talossans! ;-)

[Joseph Walkland]

Sign me in as well, homes.

[Hooligan]

Jun 16, 2009 13:42:35 GMT -6 Joseph Walkland said:

Sign me in as well, homes.

In you are, brudda!