# Geek love **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246 "2005-04-01T15:36:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/21 "2005-04-02T15:39:19Z")
**Qadgop** , you’re a prince among geeks. Modern Elvish is lovely, no question, but it’s just not as magically obscure as it used to be. > [@Monstre](#): > > I agree. Try reciting the love poetry in Klingon, instead. 😉 Heh. I do have a dictionary. It’s an early TNG-era edition though, and isn’t terribly complete. And I also read Shakespeare for fun (but obviously, I’m taken.) Ithkuil? Guh…What, Esperanto wasn’t good enough for this guy, and the world needs another artificial language? The sample clips sound like someone reciting Shakespeare, Elvish, and Vogon poetry all at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/22 "2005-04-02T18:00:34Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > **Qadgop** , you’re a prince among geeks. Modern Elvish is lovely, no question, but it’s just not as magically obscure as it used to be. And when old Qenya isn’t obscure enough anymore, I’ll switch to [_Danian_](http://tolkien.cro.net/mearth/tolklang/nandorin.html) (also called Ossiriandeb, which was spoken by the Green-elves of Ossiriand). BTW, even tho the link seems to equate Danian with Nandoran (Silvan) elvish, t’aint completely so! Not all silvan elves were necessarily Danians. In their uttermost roots, Danians were originally breakaway _Noldorin_ elves, who stopped following Finwë during the long trek across Arda, and wandered off with their leader, Denethor. JRRT later simplified this aspect out of the story, sadly. What were we discussing? Reference: “Old English Influence on the Danian Language of J. R. R. Tolkien,” in Interdigitations: Essays for Irmengard Rauch, ed. Gerald F.Carr, Wayne Harbert, and Lihua Zhang, 231-37. New York: Peter Lang, 1999. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/23 "2005-04-03T01:37:17Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Is this a dagger I see before me? > > Or am I just happy to see you? It’s hard to dance with a dagger in your pants. 😉 And if you think that’s bad, try it with a claymore down there! ---
**Author:** ![Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weaver_of_Nightmares)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/24 "2005-04-03T01:51:13Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > I agree. Try reciting the love poetry in Klingon, instead. 😉 Can I throw heavy objects at the man doing that? 😉 What? I an according to Worf, and he should know 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/25 "2005-04-03T02:51:05Z")
“Men do not roar; women roar. Then they hurl heavy objects. And claw at you…” “What does the man do?” “He reads love poetry. …He ducks a lot.” I’d forgotten that exchange. ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/26 "2005-04-03T03:12:34Z")
I swear if any woman ever quoted Vogon poetry to me, I’d propose to her on the spot. Our rings would be engraved with “Don’t Panic,” or “Resistance is Futile!” As it is, I want my ring to be engraved with “Ash nazg.” ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/27 "2005-04-03T05:47:44Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > It’s hard to dance with a dagger in your pants. 😉 On the flip side… when dancing, I can lead quite well, even without using my hands. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/28 "2005-04-03T06:44:33Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Maybe, but it still does it for me. Hell I’m in love with everyone _in_ this thread, even **Sunspace** and **Quadgop**! > > _goes to find where all the geek women are hiding in his town_ :: digs toe in ground :: Aw shucks… _Mi kredas, ke je La Rekta Vero, estas multaj bonkoruloj…_ :: speaks fluent Esperanto :: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/29 "2005-04-03T06:47:01Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > On the flip side… when dancing, I can lead quite well, even without using my hands. 😉 Mmmm…be careful with that dagger though. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246/30 "2005-04-04T00:58:09Z")
Is it true, or is it as with most men, it is but a dagger of the mind? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geek-love/297246.md?page=1)