Brooke mentioned this last night, saying all of the 12-16 languages that she had learned in the past few weeks were now clearly useless. Yes, it's true, Chinese, Farsi, Spanish officially became useless languages as Oregon's metropolitan Multnomah County announched its search for Klingon interpreters for its mental health patients. County research has shown that Klingon has gone from being a fictional tongue to what many people -- and not just fans -- consider a complete language, with its own grammar, syntax and vocabulary. If a patient speaks only Klingon, the county is obligated to respond with a Klingon interpreter. So officials have decided to include it with about 55 languages, some of which, such as Russian and Vietnamese, are widely spoken, and some, such as Dari and Tongan, are seldom spoken.