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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Jul 3 03:52:11 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: (Mark E. Shoulson) <shoulson@ctr.columbia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 93 13:34:53 -0400
In-Reply-To: "Eric J. Forbis"'s message of Thu, 1 Jul 93 16:51:43 CST <231.forb
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>From: "Eric J. Forbis" <forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu>
>Date: Thu, 1 Jul 93 16:51:43 CST
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>Did Okrand ever mention a reason for making the S & D's uppercase? I've
>occaisionally wondered what the case change signified.
My guess is that it's a visual reminder that the sounds are not the "s" and
"d" that English-speakers are used to, but are retroflex "s" and "d".
Presumably he uppercased the "h" for similar reasons, to remind us it was
harsh. The "I" is also probably capitalized for something like that, to
make sure that folks don't think of i as in "machine" (which is a more
common use of "i" languages), but rather the short i in "bit", but that's a
little shaky.
>Eric J. Forbis forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu
> eric@mermaid.micro.umn.edu
~mark
