[25] in tlhIngan-Hol
jIlIHegh
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 15:16:30 1992
From: Tzoq Mrekazh <ima.ima.isc.com!gaul.csd.uwo.ca!redekop@village.boston.ma.us>
To: tlhIngan-Hol@IMA.ISC.COM
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 91 09:30:02 -0400
<Tzoq Mrekazh> vIpong jIH. qanada tlhIngan HIvwI'ghom wImuvtu' jIH
be'nalHeywI' je. <Lyras DevwI'> pong be'nalHeywI'. muvuQtaH tlhIngan Hol
tlhIngan mu'ghom vItu'DI' 'ach not vIlaDta'be'.
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My Friends:
My name is Tzoq Mrekazh. My consort and I have joined the Klingon Assault
Group of Canada. My consort's name is Lyras DevwI'. The Klingon language
fascinated me when I discovered the Klingon Dictioniary, though I had not
read the dictionary before.
(I have enclosed names and non-Klingon words in angle-brackets to help them
stand out...)
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I have one suggestion about the Okrand writing system: The awkward upper-
case letters can be replaced by their lower-case equivalents without ambiguity
in every case except for 'Q'. Doing so does not actually change the spelling,
so there's litte problem with looking up words in the dictionary, and the words
do not change in appearance very much. 'q' can't be used for 'Q', since 'q'
already has meaning in the writing system, but using some other letter, say,
'k', eliminates the conflict, and this single exception isn't very difficult to
remember.
If written in this manner, my message above comes out:
tsoq mrekaj vipong jih. qanada ghom hivwi' tlhingan wimuvtu' jih
be'nalheywi' je. lyras devwi' pong be'nalheywi'. muvuktah tlhingan hol
tlhingan mu'ghom vitu'di' 'ach not viladta'be'.
Any comments or suggestions?
o- Tzoq "I am a good speller, I am -- C-A-T, dog... ^ ^
O o- tzoq@uwo.ca B-A-T, Rhode Island..." `v'
o- redekop@obelix.gaul.csd.uwo.ca -- Junyer Bear ^
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