# I just learned that one of my coworkers speaks Klingon. Help me make fun of him. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553 "2003-04-04T21:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/41 "2003-04-08T22:43:57Z")
A person with the screen name “dorkusmalorkusmafia” is asking us to make fun of _someone else_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Hicks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Ben\_Hicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben_Hicks)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/42 "2003-04-08T23:10:30Z")
I feel _so_ much better about myself today 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/43 "2003-04-09T11:55:16Z")
Ok, I want to learn Elvish! Where, and how? Is there a conversational Quenya group I can join somewhere? Is the structure of the language most similar to german? ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/44 "2003-04-09T14:01:35Z")
I only make fun of someone like this if I really like them. They also return the “favor” in kind. If someone is a jerk or I do not know them well enough I generally would not tease them about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/45 "2003-04-09T15:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dorkusmalorkusmafia \* > \*\*Kantaloopi, that is about what I did already. I guess it wouldn’t be as funny if he didn’t look to be in his mid-50’s. \*\* I was going to suggest that you ask for par’Mach, but now I don’t think that would be such a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/46 "2003-04-09T16:31:15Z")
Since it’s my job to know a little bit about everything, I’ve learned one word in Klingon: _doha_. Just say it slowly-- dough haa. It means “So Sad” in a fairly insincere manner. Use it when he bitches about something going wrong in his life, like his foot had to get amputated or he’s got one month to live. Doha. It’s used in one of the films when Christopher Lloyd tells someone they haven’t fulfilled their contract, so he has to kill them. 😉 ---
**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 9, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/47 "2003-04-09T16:47:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quantum Butterfly \* > \*\*Qadgop: Mae govannen, mellon! 😃 (Things we learn in online Tolkien RPGs…) \*\* Nalyë ainë, mánë ar meldë! (You are holy, wise, and beloved!) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553/48 "2003-04-10T13:17:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Quantum Butterfly > **Qadgop:** Mae govannen, mellon! (Things we learn in online Tolkien RPGs…) > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Qadgop > **Nalyë ainë, mánë ar meldë! > (You are holy, wise, and beloved!)** This is probably wrong, but: turme kamaisan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-that-one-of-my-coworkers-speaks-klingon-help-me-make-fun-of-him/166553.md?page=2)