tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 10 11:43:55 1998
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Re: QaghmeywIj
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: QaghmeywIj
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 01:01:47 -0500
From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
>According to [email protected]:
>> cha'maH wejvatlh wejmaH rep The ExperienceDaq tagh tlhoghtay
>> veSqa' tuq ghotpu' chaH jeSwI'pu''e'
>
>I'm assuming that you are not using punctuation and these are
>two separate sentences with the line break dividing them. The
>problem with this style of writing (respecting your dislike for
>punctuation) is that when the first line is long enough to fill
>a line, the second line looks like a continuation of the same
>sentence and it gets really confusing.
When I read this in peHruS' post, I did exactly that: I thought it was a
single line, and had to read it again before I recognized the two sentences.
Then I read your comment and was in full agreement.
There are several people who write Klingon without punctuation, not just
peHruS. I don't have TOO much of a problem with that (I don't agree with
the reasoning behind it though), but charghwI' is right: if you're going to
do this, separate sentences with blank lines.
Remember, this romanized transcription system is just that: a system for
English-speakers, and not at all related to the system the Klingons use.
There's no reason why we shouldn't use punctuation native to the character
set to assist accurate communication.
SuStel
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