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Re: Odds and Ends
dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dcctdw@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 16 19:19:52 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: cbmvax!snark.thyrsus.com!cowan@uunet.UU.NET (John Cowan)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 92 11:10:38 EST
In-Reply-To: <9202010839.AA23747@ima.ima.isc.com>; from "Captain Krankor" at Fe
The Grammarian writes:
> Here's an interesting question: Do Klingons sign their letters? Or do
> they just stop writing?
The convention of putting your name at the end isn't universal even among
Terrans, and some Terran cultures view it as irrational -- the first thing
you want to know is "Who's talking?" Latin used a set phrase at the beginning
something like this: "From Quintus Flaccus to his son Horatius, greetings"
with an indication of the date.
I like the notion that the main reason for "nuqneH" is a superior allowing an
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