tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 20 19:03:44 1996
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RE: Punctuation
- From: "d'Armond Speers" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Punctuation
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 22:04:24 -0400
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When I'm writing in English, if I use a Klingon word I enclose it in //'s
to set it off. We noticed early on that it's difficult to use quotes,
because it makes it difficult to see trailing apostrophes ('). I believe
that people use <> for the same purpose. There's no "official" convention
as to which to use, but it helps to use something.
When writing Klingon, it's also convention to set off English words, and
most folks use asterisks (*) for this. Again, there's no official symbol
to use, but it's generally expected that something be used, to make it
clear.
--Holtej
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From: Perry J. Brulotte[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 1996 6:14 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Punctuation
On this list I see people enclosing words in differen punctuation such as
asterisks (*), slashes (/), and (<>). Is there some 'official' use of
these symbols in tlhIngan Hol. If so, can someone define them for me?
I seem to see * surrounding Terran terms inserted into Hol, often. I also
see inconsistent use of commas (,).
choQaHchugh, vItlho'.
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Perry J. Brulotte
De'loD
bI'IQchugh yIvang!
[email protected]
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