[92928] in tlhIngan-Hol
[Tlhingan-hol] qaghwI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr. PKT)
Sun Apr 22 20:46:50 2012
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:46:34 -0400
From: "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
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Back when we gained the word {qaghwI'} there were remarks to the
effect that it didn't match the rest of the letters.
Some even went on to say that it made it stand out even more from the other 25.
I just stumbled upon something interesting.
In Hawaiian, this letter is called 'okina (which is what I call it,
even when talking about Klingon).
What I didn't know, is that it translates as "separator".
Knowing this, it makes a lot more sense (to me).
More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27okina
~'anan naHQun
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