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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Upper case letters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Martin)
Fri Oct 2 12:20:07 2015
From: Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:19:50 -0400
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There is a special alphabet that linguists use to phonetically spell =
words in any language. It includes characters we don=E2=80=99t have on =
our keyboards, but most of them are on the keyboard or closely resemble =
those on our keyboards, and Okrand chose the closest think he could to =
the internationally accepted linguistic characters for the sounds of =
Klingon. That=E2=80=99s what determined which letters are uppercase and =
lowercase. Okrand is a linguist, in real life. It=E2=80=99s not a hobby =
for him.
As it turns out, that linguistic alphabet tends to use uppercase for =
sounds that tend to be less like sounds we use in English. When there is =
no keyboard equivalent, he used ligatures, like {tlh}, {ch}, {gh} and =
{ng}.
pItlh
lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
> On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:13 AM, HoD qunnoQ <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
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> nuqneH
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> i was wondering..
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> is it known why the specific letters (written always in upper case in =
Klingon) were chosen by Okrand ?
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> i mean why "S" and not "G" ? why "D" and not "M" ? and so on..
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> does anyone know the reason behind these choices ?
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> Qapla'!
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class=3D""><div class=3D"">There is a special alphabet that linguists =
use to phonetically spell words in any language. It includes characters =
we don=E2=80=99t have on our keyboards, but most of them are on the =
keyboard or closely resemble those on our keyboards, and Okrand chose =
the closest think he could to the internationally accepted linguistic =
characters for the sounds of Klingon. That=E2=80=99s what determined =
which letters are uppercase and lowercase. Okrand is a linguist, in real =
life. It=E2=80=99s not a hobby for him.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">As it turns out, that linguistic =
alphabet tends to use uppercase for sounds that tend to be less like =
sounds we use in English. When there is no keyboard equivalent, he used =
ligatures, like {tlh}, {ch}, {gh} and {ng}.</div><br class=3D""><div =
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class=3D"">On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:13 AM, HoD qunnoQ <<a =
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class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">nuqneH<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div>i was wondering..<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>is =
it known why the specific letters (written always in upper case in =
Klingon) were chosen by Okrand ?<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>i =
mean why "S" and not "G" ? why "D" and not "M" ? and so on..<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>does anyone know the reason behind these =
choices ?<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>Qapla'!<br class=3D""></div>
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