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Re: `i` v. `I` and pIqaD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed May 5 14:58:29 1993
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From: mark@cad.gatech.edu (Mark Reed)
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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 13:58:28 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <9305051222.A05743@dragonsys.COM> from "mark" at May 5, 93 12:22:2
From A.APPLEYARD:
\ How soon are we likely to have information about piqaD?
There is no official pIqaD, and judging from Okrandian and Okudan remarks,
there is not likely to be one in the near future.
Originally, TKD second edition was to have a section on the pIqaD written by
Mike Okuda, who does the graphics for ST:TNG and the last few movies. But
Okrand and Okuda were unable to come to an agreement on how to do the mapping -
Okuda doesn't want an alphabet, or even a syllabic; he thinks that the Klingons
,
being completely alien to us, should have a completely alien writing system.
He also doesn't want to have to worry about correct Klingon when doing the
displays; his job is to make them look good. So there is no agreement, and
thus no pIqaD. (This all comes from Okuda; I asked him this question at a
convention last year).
I get the impression from Okrand that the PTB don't want a pIqaD that doesn't
map to the stuff on the screen, so there's sort of a stalemate.
-marqoS
