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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] pIqaD laDlaH puqbe'wI'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Tue Aug 7 06:08:18 2012
In-Reply-To: <CAMZYS2WVn9agcpZebZTk=zLfi+u1RUL4w8i63hFR05J4SCxxQA@mail.gmail.com>
From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 04:07:51 -0600
To: "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
Cc: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
That is extremely awesome. Keep up the Klingon. Just as young master Speers failed to use Klingon because he couldn't see that it was useful, she can see it's a useful medium of communication and is willing to try.
But the bit that gets me: you have a pIqaD soft keyboard for your phone? I guess it's not an iPhone.
On 2012-08-07, at 0:23, "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com> wrote:
> My daughter is 5, she starts Kindergarten in 7 days.
> She's still, for the most part, illiterate.
>
> But from time to time, she has me write down words, and she copies
> them for her own use.
> She also knows how to type said words.
> (She learned how to type her name before she learned how to write it on paper.)
>
>
> Earlier this evening, she asked me to write down the word "Klingon" in
> Klingon letters.
> (As opposed to what she calls "normal letters")
>
> So, in my best pIqaD handwriting,
> (a sample can be seen here:
> http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/548695_10151039047734976_1050492244_n.jpg
> )
> I wrote {tlhIngan}.
>
> She then took my phone, and on a soft/virtual pIqaD keyboard, slowly
> typed out the word.
>
> She was /so/ proud of herself for figuring it out.
>
> I was also very proud as I didn't expect her to be able to close the
> gap between my writing and the perfectly formed font on the keys.
>
> The app happened to have a "send" icon, and she said that she wanted
> to send her message to someone who would be able to read it.
>
> I asked her who she wanted to send it to, and she replied "Send it to qurgh!".
>
> She then asked how to write that she wanted a reply back; as she was
> supposed to be in bed, and this was all just a delay tactic, I told
> her that I would take care of it.
>
>
> Long story short, my 5yo can read my Klingon handwriting.
>
> ~'anan naHQun
>
> --
> ~Michael Roney, Jr.
> Professional Klingon Translator
> webOS Developer
>
> http://www.twitter.com/roneyii
> http://www.google.com/s2/profiles/110546798564536163288
>
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