[1150] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: fonts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jul 1 19:31:12 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: "Eric J. Forbis" <forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 93 16:51:43 CST
On Wed, 30 Jun 93 14:50:20 -0400, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
>Because Marc Okrand did.
>Remember, there is precisely one universally accepted orthography for
>tlhIngan Hol (or close to universally), and that is the Okrand
>romanization. That's it. That's what we're used to reading and writing.
>Okrand chose to make S and D and I uppercase. Was this wise? Maybe, maybe
>not. Is it a good idea to change it? Almost certainly not. New people
>joining our ranks will be madly flipping through their TKDs to find
Did Okrand ever mention a reason for making the S & D's uppercase? I've
occaisionally wondered what the case change signified.
Eric J. Forbis forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu
eric@mermaid.micro.umn.edu
