[86140] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon orthography (was: Okrand at qep'a')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr.)
Thu Jul 2 11:12:35 2009
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:10:07 -0400
From: "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <1255E43C-3427-4035-AAA3-73CEB12A8A21@alcaco.net>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
toH! I just thought of a reason on why *I* would support a reform!
Copyright/Trademark.
We are constantly talking about how Paramount/CBS "owns" the Klingon language, yet shouldn't be able to own the language.
Yes, they own the word "Klingon". Yes, they're willing to fight for it.
They /might/ own the word <tlhIngan>. None of us have decided to fight them for it.
They *do not* own the word "xifan".
I am unaware of ANY officially liscensed Trek product containing the word "xifan".
If Okrand, on his own and without any word from CBS, were to approve a reform, we could move away from the copyrighted system and onto a free system. Okrand's approval is necessary to prevent factions.
As long as "Klingon" is avoided, we're free.
Just a thought...
~naHQun
-Michael Roney, Jr.
Professional Klingon translator
http://twitter.com/roneyii
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