tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 16 19:02:17 1996
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Re: Re[2]: Beginner's questions
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: Beginner's questions
- Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 19:02:17 -0700
Frank Truelove responded to some beginner questions (and answers) with:
> This no official piQaD pisses me off. You can't really learn a language if
> you can't use its alphabet.
Writing is of course a fairly recent inovation, compared to spoken language.
There are still languages that exist (and have always existed) without a written
form. Nor do all the languages that possess writing use an "alphabet," but
that's probably besides point.
More on target, we do have a writing system, the romanization that Okrand gave
us with TKD. That's all you *need* to communicate Klingon in writing (by
definition).
And, as for the "nonsanctioned" pIqaD that is in use, I wouldn't worry about it.
People use it; hell, some people can read it. We define a linguistic community,
and our use of the language provides a descriptive grammar. We turn to Okrand
for the prescriptive grammar, and try to keep the two in sync.
Lawrence
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