[93979] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' cha'vatlh cha'maH jav: tojbogh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Mon Jul 9 00:31:29 2012
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:20:01 -0600
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <CAHiXx=NUo1NGj=_eB4WiDcsrBZeHwwD8M2FuE9v-XZtxP8gSNQ@mail.g
mail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Are you saying you use a character other than the =
apostrophe, or you select a font that has a straight apostrophe?
At 21:31 '?????' 7/8/2012, you wrote:
>Speaking of fonty type things, another =
>restriction I use is to make sure that the =
>apostrophe is vertical and straight and not =
>slanted or curved. I use slanted and/or curved =
>single quotes only in pairs to surround certain things.=C2
>
>lay'tel SIvten
>
>On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Qov =
><<mailto:robyn@flyingstart.ca>robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>I've switched over to these kinds of quotation =
>marks: =C2=ABmajQa'=C2=BB Do they cause anyone any =
>problems? =C2 They should look like a little =
>nested version of << >>. I haven't quite worked =
>out the punctuation rules for them yet. The =
>French leave whitespace between the guillemets =
>(I called them guillemots before, but I looked =
>it up and that's a sort of auk) and the =
>punctuation, but most other languages that use =
>guillemets don't. Some of them use them =
>backwards, pointing towards rather than =
>enclosing the quoted text! In my experience =
>Russian doesn't usually use quotation marks at =
>all, just massive dashes. What do they do in =
>your language and do you think it's compatible =
>with Klingon? Anything is better than the =
>English style. This Wikipedia article has an =
>interesting list: =
><<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guil=
lemet>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet. =
>(Curiously I'm in good company getting the =
>punctuation mixed up with the bird: I think it's =
>because <mot> means word, so there's an association there).
>
>While I'm at it, what's your favourite font for =
>Klingon? =C2 Times New Roman? =C2 Garamond? Courier New?
>
>And it's time someone programmed a simple =
>Klingon spelling/grammar checker for Open =
>Office. It shouldn't be too hard to do.
>---
>vajar and crew are being guided through an =
>interdeck access tunnel by Qoreq, in order to ambush some qImyal-loyal tro=
ops.
>
>CONTENT: Corpses, but no gore.
>
>226
>tojbogh to'
>
>yev Qoreq. jatlh, =C2=ABjonwI' jolpa' bIngDaq =
>maHtaH. manarghDI' neghvetlh 'emDaq Sajol.=C2=BB
>
>=C2=ABmajQa'=C2=BB, jatlh vajar. neghvetlh lujeyta'DI' =
>jonwI' choQ lujonmeH lotlhwI'pu' He rap =
>lughoSlaH.[268] lo'laH lojmIt ngaQHa'moH Qoreq =
>'ej pa' bejmeH loQ poSmoH. HurDaq be' ghogh Qoy =
>vajar. poSchoHchu' lojmIt 'ej Qoreq 'uchchoH vay' 'ej 'ochvo' luHchoH.
>
>=C2=ABQoreq! chay'?=C2=BB jatlh be'. 'och wovmoH Sech =
>tIH 'ej lIS'eghpu'DI' vajar mInDu', qaH'eng legh. ochvo' yongHa' ghom.
>
>Quchbe'law' Qoreq. jatlh, =C2=ABqatlh jolpa'Daq SoHtaH?=C2=BB
>
>jatlh qaH'eng, =C2=ABchay' naDev SuSaH tlhIH? =
>bangwI'!=C2=BB Hota'ro' 'uchchoH qaH'eng.
>
>=C2=ABSIbI' maQolnIS=C2=BB, jatlh vajar. may' to'chaj =
>QIj. Hung jIH lIS qaH'eng. veQ lI' ngaSbogh choQ =
>cha' HaSta, 'ach pa' SuvtaHbe' tlhachmey. =
>rInlaw' may'. lommeyvo' beHmey, nIch[266] je =
>boSlI' vajar lopno' jaHbe'pu'bogh tlhIngan negh =
>law''e'. va. tlhoy paS rep. ghIq Hung HaStaDaq =
>QaS ra'wI' legh vajar. Doqqu' wa' mIn 'ej =
>Sachpu' Dechbogh DIr. veDDIr tuQtaH. vajar =
>lopno'Daq 'avwI' lujonta'bogh ghaH. mangghom =
>ghIrta'. ja'chuq ghaH ya 'ay' Sogh je. QamtaH je =
>lopno' mebpu', joqwI' qembogh loD je. may'vetlhvaD Qapta' quv.
>
>jatlh qaH'eng =C2=ABSaghochlI' 'ej meH =
>boghoSlaw'lI'. bangwI', bIvIHbe'choHlaw'DI' pa' =
>vIHotlh. pa'vetlhDaq lommey neH lutu'lu'.=C2=BB =
>tojbogh to' Del Hota'ro'. Qapta'mo' to' bel =
>vajar. tojlI' je qaH'eng. qImyal QaS matlh =
>botmeH lojmItmey ngaQmoHtaH. ghu' yajbe'meH meH, =
>QumwI' pat muntaH. Hung pat luSorghlaw'ta'mo' je =
>lotlhwI'pu', Dat leghlaHbe' qaH'eng 'ach =
>Qaplaw'lI' lotlhwI'pu'. patmey Sorghta' lotlhwI' =
>neH 'e' Har ngaH. patmeyDaj QIH 'e' ngIlmo' vay' =
>qejqu' ngaH. Sengmey tI'meH pa' pImDaq vumlI' =
>ngaH. tI'lI' je qaH'eng 'e' Har ngaH. jatlh =
>qaH'eng, =C2=ABQoreq, vajar lopno' DajaH DaneHDI' =
>loQ chomer 'ej DaH DatoDta'. qanoHHa'pu', SuvwI'!=C2=BB
>
>tlho' lajqangbe' Qoreq. jatlh, =C2=ABDujvaD Qu' vIta'taH.=C2=BB
>
>jatlh vajar, =C2=ABqaH'eng, QapmeH QuD, jonwI' choQ wISeHnIS. pIQIH wIneHb=
e' ...=C2=BB
>---
>SKI: qaH'eng has also been running deceptions in this game.
>---
>[266] True, disruptor power packs may not =
>strictly be ammunition, but it's functionally =
>equivalent, and I don't like saying rIHHa'lu' all the time.
>[268] vajar was going to make a joke here, but =
>as I appreciate the audience participation, I'll =
>leave it to you to make. Puns aren't really his =
>thing. I think he'd be more of a Larry, Curly =
>and Moe fan. He's really taken with that exploding head thing.
>
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