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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Though I'd argue that's because over time orcs became more and more like Klingons as people looked for ways to make them less one-note and intrinsically-evil.

I literally use an English-to-Klingon online dictionary for my orcs.

 

[Ryujin]

I literally use an English-to-Klingon online dictionary for my orcs.

Let me introduce you to my friend Matt Vancil:

Amazon.com: Orcish-English Dictionary: A Quick and Useful Reference for Students, Travelers, Bards, and Merchants: 9781982991289: Vancil, Matt, Bulmahn, Jason, Nelson, Dr. Eric: Books

Amazon.com: Orcish-English Dictionary: A Quick and Useful Reference for Students, Travelers, Bards, and Merchants: 9781982991289: Vancil, Matt, Bulmahn, Jason, Nelson, Dr. Eric: Books

www.amazon.com

A complete language, as spoken by the Orc characters in hos films, including verb conjugations, syntax, and the whole schpiel.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Let me introduce you to my friend Matt Vancil:

Amazon.com: Orcish-English Dictionary: A Quick and Useful Reference for Students, Travelers, Bards, and Merchants: 9781982991289: Vancil, Matt, Bulmahn, Jason, Nelson, Dr. Eric: Books

Amazon.com: Orcish-English Dictionary: A Quick and Useful Reference for Students, Travelers, Bards, and Merchants: 9781982991289: Vancil, Matt, Bulmahn, Jason, Nelson, Dr. Eric: Books

www.amazon.com

A complete language, as spoken by the Orc characters in hos films, including verb conjugations, syntax, and the whole schpiel.

I have been hoping some conlang expert would do books like this!

 

[Richards]

I once went to a luncheon where the guest speaker was linguist Marc Okrand, the creator of the Klingon language. It was an interesting event, and I noted (from a short glossary they handed out) the Klingon word for "fish" - "ghoti" - was an inside joke: GH as in "enough," O as in "women," TI as in "nation" = "fish" spelled like it's sounded out.

Johnathan

 

[Ryujin]

I have literally been hoping some conlang expert would do books like this!

Also spoken here starting at 9:31. We spent hours, on the old ZOE forums, translating this short interaction. (A few of us original backers have words in there too )

 

[dragoner]

Original Orcs were Saxons or Franks; like Germanic tribes, imo from the pic in the MM.

 

[overgeeked]

I once went to a luncheon where the guest speaker was linguist Marc Okrand, the creator of the Klingon language. It was an interesting event, and I noted (from a short glossary they handed out) the Klingon word for "fish" - "ghoti" - was an inside joke: GH as in "enough," O as in "women," TI as in "nation" = "fish" spelled like it's sounded out.

Johnathan

That’s fantastic. You can make all kinds of wild nonsense with that.

 

[Scribe]

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"Not only am I wrong, let me flex on how wrong I am by declaring how wrong I am in the thread which proves me wrong."

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

 

[CleverNickName]

Though I'd argue that's because over time orcs became more and more like Klingons as people looked for ways to make them less one-note and intrinsically-evil.

Yep, I can agree with that. Times change, and pop culture changes with it.