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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Not capitalizing proper nouns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Apr 10 09:12:46 2013
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:12:01 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNuGtvUF6LbgaaPvG9svFkAaeB5sA28Hmc32s1nTfCBrg@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 4/10/2013 4:48 AM, De'vID wrote:
> SuStel:
>> We don't know that. We know next to nothing about how Klingons actually
>> write. They don't seem to have any verbal grammar for proper nouns, but we
>> don't know much about the writing system.
>
> Actually, when we've seen Klingon names written in pIqaD(qoq) on
> screen, it seems to me (and I may very well be imagining things) that
> quite often the letters (glyphs or symbols or whatever) have been
> "melded" together. You see this on banners, clothing (sashes or
> gauntlets), and weapons. "Regular" Klingon words seem to have the
> letters written clearly separately.
Really? This is new to me. Can you point out some examples of Okudian
text where we know for sure that a proper noun is being represented?
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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