ABSTRACT

At first glance the article below seems to be one of those amusing albeit obsessive exercises in practical linguistics, a sort of Esperanto for the cultist (cult in this case referring to cult television programme or series or film or book). Star Trek fans have signed up for courses on how to speak fluent Klingon run by community colleges. JRR Tolkien made monumental attempts to bring us the rudiments of old Elvish in The Lord of the Rings. Yetties would clearly fit this bill as a memorable adversary of the memorable Doctor Who (for those readers over a certain age or of a certain temperament or obsession).